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 maintenance Lead 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
- Retort 2k tank behind retorts
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Moving pump on PJ
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Fracture
Object or substance involved
Caught in under between
Summary line
left little finger
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:40
- Time of incident
- 15:40
- 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.