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OSHA Injury Report: Berner Foods - Dakota

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Berner Foods - Dakota in 2034 E. Factory Road, Dakota, IL 61018 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Tech in processed cheeses manufacturing.

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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
Sonic Heat tunnel

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
1

Before the incident

Controls was working on [REDACTED]. EE was grabbing rejected jars

What happened

He was on the east side of the conveyor just north of the sonic tunnel. He went to pull a cheese jar off the conveyor at the reject table. In doing so he grabbed onto the vertical 1 diam pipe. It was a steam line and wasn 't marked or insulated.

Injury or illness

Burn-Thermal

Object or substance involved

Contacting Temperature Extremes

Summary line

2nd degree burn to left palm. Grabbed onto a steam pipe

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance Tech
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311513 — Processed cheeses manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
644
Total hours worked
1425310
EIN
362839626
Establishment ID
343442
Employer case #
810

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
13:40
Time of incident
12:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:14:52:00

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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.