# Fractures at John Deere Company
> OSHA SIR `2019010529` · 1/16/2019 · MOLINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Manhole and cistern covers
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** John Deere Company
- **Location:** ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE, MOLINE, ILLINOIS, 61265
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*