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OSHA Injury Report: John Deere Kernersville

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at John Deere Kernersville in Kernersville, NC 27384 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was arm Welding Technician in excavators (e.g., power shovels) manufacturing.

Establishment
John Deere Kernersville
Parent company
John Deere kernersville
Street
1000 John Deere Road
City
Kernersville
State
NC
ZIP
27384
On-site location
Arm Welding
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
15

Employee was finishing a weld at the end of the shift.

Hit left hand with a hot weld wire and punctured the glove and finger on left hand. Left and did not report incident and returned on [REDACTED] to report.

Puncture wound with infection left fourth finger.

Hot weld wire

Finishing a weld and the hot wire hit his glove puncturing glove and last finger of left hand causing a puncture and a later infection.

Job description
Arm Welding Technician
SOC code
51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
NAICS code
333120 — Excavators (e.g., power shovels) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
766
Total hours worked
1288383
EIN
362382580
Establishment ID
1077217
Employer case #
02
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
22:45
Filing year
2024
Submitted
03JAN2025:13:20:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.