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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 beverage Lead 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
L6 Filler - overhead conveyor in room past the elevator
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
11
Days restricted or transferred
7

cleaning conveyor from 5th step of an 8ft ladder

Lead was cleaning overhead conveyor rail after elevator in filler room. The 8ft step ladder shifted and fell away from employee. She was left handing with both arms on the conveyor rails. He leg got caught between the ladder steps. She lost her grip and fell onto the ladder and floor. It was reported that she hit her back and head..

Concussion and spinal fracture

Slip Trip Falls

concussion & spinal fracture fall from 8ft ladder

Job description
Beverage Lead
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
311513 — Processed cheeses manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
644
Total hours worked
1425310
EIN
362839626
Establishment ID
343442
Employer case #
821
Date of incident
Shift started
17:40
Time of incident
18:09
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.