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OSHA Injury Report: Berner Dakota

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Berner Dakota in Dakota, IL 61018 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cheese in manufacturer of cheese snacks and beverages - coffee lattes.

Establishment
Berner Dakota
Parent company
Berner Dakota
Street
2034 E. Factory Road
City
Dakota
State
IL
ZIP
61018
On-site location
Line 1 Filler
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

He was attempting to change a piston out and when he pulled it up cheese had blew out and on him.

The temperature of the cheese is about 190 degrees(hot fill). It caused immediate redness and blistering. Once the cheese was wiped off some skin was peeling. Area was cleaned and burn gel applied to injured area. Workcare called and instructed employee to be seen in the emergency room.

Burn-Thermal

hot cheese sprayed from filler nozzle

2nd degree burn to face

Job description
Cheese
SOC code
51-3092 — Food Batchmakers
NAICS code
311513 — Manufacturer of cheese snacks and beverages - coffee lattes
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
725
Total hours worked
1626790
EIN
36-283962
Establishment ID
1183207
Employer case #
Inc-103
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:05:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:17:06:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.