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OSHA Injury Report: Dot Foods, Inc. Mt. Sterling

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Dot Foods, Inc. Mt. Sterling in 1 Dot Way, Mount Sterling, IL 62353 resulted in days away from work. Employee was pallet Repairer in general-line groceries merchant wholesalers.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Dot Foods, Inc. Mt. Sterling
Parent company
Dot Foods, Inc.
Street
1 Dot Way
City
Mount Sterling
State
IL
ZIP
62353
On-site location
Band Saw Area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
31
Days restricted or transferred
28

Before the incident

EE was running band saw in the pallet room cutting sawing up pallets to recycle good boards to reuse for repairing pallets.

What happened

EE was pushing pallet through on band saw when the saw blade caught the runner jerking the pallet and runner out of his hand jerking on shoulder.

Injury or illness

L shoulder pain - confirmed tear.

Object or substance involved

Saw blade jerking runner on pallet out of EE hand.

Summary line

EE was cutting up pallets on the band saw when a runner caught the saw blade and jerked it out of hand hurting shoulder - confirmed shoulder tear pending surgery.

Employee and industry

Job description
Pallet Repairer
SOC code
49-9099 — Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
NAICS code
424410 — General-line groceries merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
2281
Total hours worked
3964558
Establishment ID
1023489
Employer case #
2025-3167

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
8:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02FEB26:14:15:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.