John Deere: OSHA inspections and violations

Mar 22, 2021, Milan: Hospitalization · traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. · foot (feet) and ankle(s)

An employee parked a forklift on a ramp. When the employee got off the forklift to close an overhead door, the forklift started rolling. The employee got on to stop it; it hit a tier rack and the rack fell on the employee, catching his left foot and ankle. The employee developed a muscle injury that required surgery.

Jan 16, 2019, Moline: Hospitalization · fractures · toes(s), toenail(s)

On January 16, 2019, at approximately 1:30 p.m., an employee was cleaning a storm drain when the J-hook attachment used to pick up and move the storm drain became disengaged from the grate and the 300-pound iron storm grate dropped on his left foot. He was hospitalized with fractures to his three smallest toes and required surgery.

May 29, 2018, Milan: Hospitalization · fractures · lower leg(s)

On May 29, 2018, the injured employee was standing between two automated guided vehicle (AGV) train cars adjusting a crate. Another employee drove alongside the injured employee's AGV in his own AGV. Cargo on the second employee's AGV struck a car on the injured employee's AGV train. This caused the cars to fish tail and the injured employee's left leg was caught between two cars fracturing the fibula.

May 24, 2017, East Moline: Hospitalization · puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified

On May 24, 2017, at approximately 12:00 PM, an employee was working with metal parts when a metal sliver became lodged in his left middle finger. His hand later became severely infected and required hospitalization the following day.