Dakota, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Berner Dakota
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Berner Dakota in Dakota, IL 61018 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was cheese in manufacturer of cheese snacks and beverages - coffee lattes.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Berner Dakota
- Parent company
- Berner Dakota
- Street
- 2034 E. Factory Road
- City
- Dakota
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 61018
- On-site location
- Line 1 Retort unloader
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 26
Before the incident
A line 1 retort operator could not get an empty basket cart out of the unloader station. The bottom hydraulic plate was stuck within the basket. [REDACTED] and another EE came to assist their co-worker.
What happened
The other EE went to get the rod used for this type of occurrence. Meanwhile [REDACTED] decided to try to dislodge the hydraulic plate from the basket with his hands. He right middle finger tip became caught in between the hydraulic plate and side of the basket causing immediate bruising. He went to the clinic. Diagnosis: broken finger. [REDACTED] was not trained on how to dislodge stuck baskets carts. It was only his 6th day on the line.
Injury or illness
Fracture
Object or substance involved
Caught between unloader plate and basket frame
Summary line
Fracture of Right middle finger
Employee and industry
- 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-328
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:40:00.000
- Time of incident
- 23:15:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:17:06:00
Source
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.