Dakota, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Berner Foods - Dakota
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Berner Foods - Dakota in 2034 E. Factory Road, Dakota, IL 61018 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was brew deck operator 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
- Chemical drum room between Blend N Grind and North Utility CIP area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Pumping acid from drum into carboy
What happened
He pumped 9520 (nitric acid) out of the drum. When he lifted the drum pump up acid spilled out of the tube and onto floor where it mixed with caustic (non-chlorinated - 50145 ). Caused exothermic reaction. Breathed in vapors.
Injury or illness
inhalation
Object or substance involved
Cleaning chemical - mixture of acid and base
Summary line
lung irritation from mixing acid with a base
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 644
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,425,310
- EIN
- 362839626
- Establishment ID
- 343442
- Employer case #
- 856
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:40
- Time of incident
- 06:40
- 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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