Dakota, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Berner Foods - Dakota
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Berner Foods - Dakota in Dakota, IL 61018 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was retort Operator 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
- Between Retort shuttle area and trash dock. The EE did not remember the date and time of the event.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
Line clearance activities. He was shoveling up full cans from floor into gondola and then moving gondola to trash dock area.
What happened
EE reported to the Shift [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] that he injured his right elbow [REDACTED] ([REDACTED]) while trying to push a gondola from the [REDACTED] shuttle area to the trash dock area. EE stated that he had difficulty pushing the gondola because plastic wrap was wrapped around one of the wheels. When pushing the gondola the gondola wheel would seize up and he would have to lean in with additional force to move the gondola. This happened 2-3 times. Finally he stopped to clear the wrap from the wheel. He could not get all of the wrap removed. He said that he notified a retort operator on 1st shift of his issues with this gondola. EE reported to PIC that he also was involved in shoveling cans from the ground into the gondola. This task likely also contributed to the injury
Injury or illness
Muscular Pulled Ligaments
Object or substance involved
Overexertion
Summary line
Right Lateral epicondylitis overexertion of; shoveling cans and moving a trash gondola
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Retort Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9012 — Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Mac
- NAICS code
- 311513 — Processed cheeses manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 644
- Total hours worked
- 1425310
- EIN
- 362839626
- Establishment ID
- 343442
- Employer case #
- 752
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:40
- Time of incident
- 18:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:14:52:00
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.