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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 brew deck 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 5 Expansion/Brew
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
45

placing pump into drum and pumping at [REDACTED] on [REDACTED]

operator was pumping [REDACTED] [REDACTED] dripped into boot causing a chemical burn. EE received burns around outside of his ankle as well as the top of his right foot. Pants leg was inside his chemical boots.

Burn-Chemical

Contacting a Hazardous Chemical

2nd degree burn

Job description
Brew deck 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 #
797
Date of incident
Shift started
17:40
Time of incident
22:30
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.