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JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS

300 N. VINE STREET, HORICON, WI, 53032
Operated by John Deere · 1 of 108 establishments
333111Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing
EIN 362382580

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OSHA inspections
16
over 52 years
Violations
69
$6,365 in penalties
Severe violator (proxy)
YES
FastDOL heuristic — not confirmation of formal OSHA SVEP listing.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS has accumulated 69 OSHA violations across 16 inspections over 52 years of recorded history, with $6,365 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 96th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 101 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 13 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS appears in OSHA workplace safety and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
16
0.3 / yr · last 52 yrs
Violations
69
1.3 / yr
Penalties
$6,365
$92 avg / violation
6% serious94% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
12 of 16
Inspection trigger · planned
3 of 16

31% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 35 citations in this view · $6,365 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0217 C01 I32$255Sep 1973Apr 1977
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0933$125Sep 1973Apr 1977
29 CFR 1910.0157 A0233Sep 1973Apr 1977
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II22$140Sep 1973Nov 1975
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$30Sep 1973Apr 1977
29 CFR 1910.0037 Q0122$30Sep 1973Apr 1977
29 CFR 1910.0151 C22Nov 1975Apr 1977
29 CFR 1910.0213 P0422Sep 1973Apr 1977
29 CFR 1910.0252 B02 IVD22Nov 1975Apr 1977
29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 II22Nov 1975Apr 1977
29 CFR 1910.0106 E02 IVA22Nov 1975Apr 1977
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0422Sep 1973Nov 1975
29 CFR 1910.0038 B0511$1,875Jan 2003Jan 2003
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q03 V11$1,875Jan 2003Jan 2003
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q02 I11$1,875Jan 2003Jan 2003
29 CFR 1910.1000 C11$70Mar 1976Mar 1976
29 CFR 1910.0108 G06 I11$30Sep 1973Sep 1973
29 CFR 1910.0178 P11$30Sep 1973Sep 1973
29 CFR 1910.0178 K0111$30Sep 1973Sep 1973
29 CFR 1910.0107 E0211Apr 1977Apr 1977

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

96th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3331 within WI. Peer group: 101 employers. This establishment has 69 OSHA violations; peer median is 6.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
50th
peer median: $6,365
Inspection frequency
97th
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
2.4
vs industry
−0.1
TRIR
3.4
vs industry
−1.1

Reported for 1,205 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
4.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
3
Complaint
12
Follow-up
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Feb 2020

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Feb 10, 2020Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
13 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 13+ years. Most recent activity: 13 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
2
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS
300 N VINE ST · HORICON, WI, 53032
AirWaterRCRATRINo Violation Identified20Apr 2026View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — DEERE & COMPANY (across 19 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$83.6M
Obligated (all-time)
$890.8M
Awards (all-time)
7,194

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2013-01-24Complaint0$0
2012-09-20Complaint0$0
2009-10-02Complaint0$0
2007-04-16Complaint0$0
2007-01-31Complaint0$0
2004-12-10Complaint0$0
2003-01-29Complaint0$0
2002-07-17Complaint33$5,625
2000-09-21Complaint0$0
1992-10-08Complaint0$0
1984-08-08Complaint0$0
1977-06-06Follow-up0$0
1977-04-06Planned261$180
1976-02-05Complaint1$70
1975-10-29Planned12$160
1973-09-12Planned27$330

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS is one of 108 establishments rolled up under the parent organization John Deere.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of John Deere across all 108 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup John Deere, which operates 108 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS's OSHA violation history?
JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS has 16 OSHA inspections on record with 69 violations and $6,365 in total penalties.
How does JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS's safety record compare to its industry?
JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS operates in the farm machinery and equipment manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.4. JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS's self-reported DART rate is 2.43 compared to an industry average of 2.5.