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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 maintenance Lead 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
Retort 2k tank behind retorts
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Moving pump on PJ

A pump needed to be removed from the retort 2K tank. When the pump was being transported from the 2K tank between retort 28 and 29 on a pallet jack it rolled off and crushed the left pinky finger between the pump and a pipe on retort 28. The pump rolled off because the pallet jack got stuck between retort 28 and 29.

Fracture

Caught in under between

left little finger

Job description
Maintenance Lead
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311513 — Processed cheeses manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
644
Total hours worked
1425310
EIN
362839626
Establishment ID
343442
Employer case #
783
Date of incident
Shift started
13:40
Time of incident
15:40
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:14:52:00

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.