Dakota, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Berner Foods - Dakota
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Berner Foods - Dakota in 2034 E. Factory Road, Dakota, IL 61018 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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
- Sonic Heat tunnel
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 1
Before the incident
Controls was working on [REDACTED]. EE was grabbing rejected jars
What happened
He was on the east side of the conveyor just north of the sonic tunnel. He went to pull a cheese jar off the conveyor at the reject table. In doing so he grabbed onto the vertical 1 diam pipe. It was a steam line and wasn 't marked or insulated.
Injury or illness
Burn-Thermal
Object or substance involved
Contacting Temperature Extremes
Summary line
2nd degree burn to left palm. Grabbed onto a steam pipe
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 #
- 810
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:40
- Time of incident
- 12:10
- 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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