Dakota, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Berner Foods - Dakota
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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 3 brew deck
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
He was disconnecting a motor beneath a platform
What happened
EE removed one of the grates and placed it so that it was leaning against a table just west of the platform opening. Co-worker was moving up onto platform and this trailing foot knocked the grate into the injured employee - struck on head by plastic grate
Injury or illness
head laceration requiring staples
Object or substance involved
Grate hitting employee on head
Summary line
Laceration to head. [REDACTED]. Struck by grate that was leaning against table.
Employee and industry
- 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 #
- 600
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:40
- Time of incident
- 12:41
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28FEB2025:19:25:00
Source
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.