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  1. Extending Safety Beyond the Workplace
    19 June 2012
    John Deere units worldwide are making off-the-job safety awareness a priority. That's because nine of 10 fatalities and more than two-thirds of disabling injuries to workers each year occur off the job, according to the U.S. National Safety Council.
  2. Reman Employees Help Keep Local Creek Clean
    07 June 2012
    Employees from John Deere Reman have been improving the environment around their Springfield, Missouri, plant for a year. As part of Springfield's Adopt-a-Stream program, Reman is keeping a 0.9-mile stretch of Wilsons Creek clean.
  3. Environmental Innovation in Paint
    07 June 2012
    With the help of global suppliers, John Deere is introducing a more environmentally friendly paint in China. The paint, which includes less than 1 percent hazardous air pollutants, or HAPS, is used in other Deere facilities, but was not available in China.
  4. Earning a Strong Safety Record
    30 May 2012
    Nine million hours. That's how much time John Deere Dubuque Works had logged at the end of fiscal year 2011 without a lost-time accident.
  5. Focusing on Near Misses
    30 May 2012
    To further improve global safety performance rates, John Deere tracks near misses, or incidents that almost cause injuries. An online tracking system of near-miss information is in place at most U.S. units and recently was deployed globally.
  6. Improved Design Improves Safety
    30 May 2012
    One way John Deere reduces those risks is through Ergo Days, during which engineers spend time with production employees to improve the design of work and workstations, also known as ergonomics.
  7. Turf Care Recognized for Environmental Commitment
    02 May 2012
    John Deere Turf Care, Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, was named an Environmental Steward by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources at a ceremony in March.
  8. John Deere Included in Sustainability Report
    01 May 2012
    Highlights of John Deere's environmental stewardship efforts are included in the 2012 Business Roundtable Sustainability Report published recently.
  9. Huge Lighting Upgrade Cuts Energy Usage at Iowa Factory
    05 October 2011
    John Deere Dubuque Works, Dubuque, Iowa, recently completed one of the largest lighting projects in the United States when it upgraded nearly 8,000 lighting fixtures to an energy efficient fluorescent system.
  10. Attention to Ergonomics
    29 August 2011
    One reason John Deere employees are so safe on the job is the company's attention to ergonomics: the design of work and workstations to reduce health problems caused by overuse of muscles, bad posture, and repetitive tasks.
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