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OSHA Injury Report: Berner Foods - Dakota

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Berner Foods - Dakota in Dakota, IL 61018 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was beverage Maintenance Technician in processed cheeses manufacturing.

Establishment
Berner Foods - Dakota
Parent company
Berner Food & Beverage LLC
Street
2034 E. Factory Road
City
Dakota
State
IL
ZIP
61018
On-site location
Line 5 shrink wrap
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee placed a conveyor guard against a fence.

guard was in a leaning position against the fence. EE then walked away with his back toward the guard and guard started to fall and stuck EE 's right hand as he was placing it on the bollard and turning around

laceration

Struck by guard as it was falling after leaning against fence

Laceration to right hand requiring sutures. EE placed a guard up against fence and it fell and struck him on hand

Job description
Beverage Maintenance Technician
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311513 — Processed cheeses manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
685
Total hours worked
1512613
EIN
362839626
Establishment ID
343442
Employer case #
596
Date of incident
Shift started
5:40
Time of incident
14:20
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28FEB2025:19:21:00

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.