Dakota, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Berner Foods - Dakota
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Berner Foods - Dakota in 2034 E. Factory Road, Dakota, IL 61018 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Tech 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
- L1 BnG Cheese lift
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 23
- Days restricted or transferred
- 148
Before the incident
EE was engaging the elevator lift controls in attempting to free a stuck cheese cart that was stuck at the top of the lift.
What happened
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
Injury or illness
Bruising fracture
Object or substance involved
Strike Against or being Struck By
Summary line
Right leg hip contusion from falling cheese lift bucket. R lfibula Fx. Struck by bucket support
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Tech
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311513: Processed cheeses manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 644
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,425,310
- EIN
- 362839626
- Establishment ID
- 343442
- Employer case #
- 806
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:40
- Time of incident
- 07:48
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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