Mount Sterling, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Dot Foods, Inc. Mt. Sterling
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Dot Foods, Inc. Mt. Sterling in Mount Sterling, IL 62353 resulted in days away from work. Employee was pallet Repairer in general-line groceries merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Dot Foods, Inc. Mt. Sterling
- Parent company
- Dot Foods, Inc.
- Street
- 1 Dot Way
- City
- Mount Sterling
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 62353
- On-site location
- Band Saw Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 31
- Days restricted or transferred
- 28
Before the incident
EE was running band saw in the pallet room cutting sawing up pallets to recycle good boards to reuse for repairing pallets.
What happened
EE was pushing pallet through on band saw when the saw blade caught the runner jerking the pallet and runner out of his hand jerking on shoulder.
Injury or illness
L shoulder pain - confirmed tear.
Object or substance involved
Saw blade jerking runner on pallet out of EE hand.
Summary line
EE was cutting up pallets on the band saw when a runner caught the saw blade and jerked it out of hand hurting shoulder - confirmed shoulder tear pending surgery.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Pallet Repairer
- SOC code
- 49-9099 — Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 424410 — General-line groceries merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 2281
- Total hours worked
- 3964558
- Establishment ID
- 1023489
- Employer case #
- 2025-3167
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 8:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02FEB26:14:15:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.