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OSHA Injury Report: Berner Foods - Dakota

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Berner Foods - Dakota in Dakota, IL 61018 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Tech 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
L1 BnG Cheese lift
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
23
Days restricted or transferred
148

EE was engaging the elevator lift controls in attempting to free a stuck cheese cart that was stuck at the top of the lift.

The bracket connecting the fork to the chain sheered a bolt allowing the bucket and fork to free fall down and EE tried to jump away and hit his right hip leg on the lift bucket support

Bruising fracture

Strike Against or being Struck By

Right leg hip contusion from falling cheese lift bucket. R lfibula Fx. Struck by bucket support

Job description
Maintenance Tech
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 #
806
Date of incident
Shift started
5:40
Time of incident
7:48
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.