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OSHA Injury Report: Berner Foods - Dakota

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Berner Foods - Dakota in Dakota, IL 61018 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was beverage Retort Operator 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 3 retort basket storage
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
9

Moving retort carts around

EE was moving a ballast cart and smashed his hand between the cart handle and a pole

contusion

Caught his hand in between cart and pole while he was moving cart - Eyes not on task

Left hand contusion caught in between pole and basket handle while moving cart. Eyes not on task

Job description
Beverage Retort Operator
SOC code
51-9012 — Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
NAICS code
311513 — Processed cheeses manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
685
Total hours worked
1512613
EIN
362839626
Establishment ID
343442
Employer case #
620
Date of incident
Shift started
17:40
Time of incident
0:45
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28FEB2025:19:29:00

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.