Establishment profile
BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC
2034 E. FACTORY RD., DAKOTA, IL, 61018
Operated by Berner Food & Beverage LLC
311513 — Cheese Manufacturing
EIN 362839626
Summary
BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC has accumulated 3 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 7 years of recorded history, with $17,400 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 47th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 60 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 63rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 years ago.
Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
67% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.
Most-cited OSHA standards
Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 2 distinct standards shown · 3 citations in this view · $17,400 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D | 2 | 2 | $10,900 | Apr 2019 | Jun 2021 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I | 1 | 1 | $6,500 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 |
Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.
Peer comparison
Below average violations in NAICS 3115 within IL. Peer group: 60 employers. This establishment has 3 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.
Reported for 20 average annual employees at this establishment.
Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.
Industry benchmark
BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.
Inspection breakdown
Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.
OSHA severe injury reports
Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Oct 2018 – Jul 2025 · 2 in last 5 years
Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).
Severe injury reports — events
Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2025 | Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified | Multiple body parts unspecified | Hospitalized | |
| Mar 16, 2021 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fingertip(s) | Amputation | |
| Aug 22, 2020 | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation | |
| May 1, 2019 | Fall on same level due to tripping over self | Knee(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Apr 8, 2019 | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle | Fingertip(s) | Amputation | |
| Oct 17, 2018 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
OSHA accident events
Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2021 | Amputated,Amputation,Lockout/Tagout,Pump,Tagout,Thumb | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2018 | Amputated,Amputation,Finger,Fingertip,Jammed,Lockout/Tagout,Machine Guarding,Pump | 1 | — | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 5+ years. Most recent activity: 5 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.
Wage and hour cases
Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2021 | Other Snack Food Manufacturing | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.
EPA-registered facilities
Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE LLC 2034 E FACTORY RD · DAKOTA, IL, 61018 | AirRCRA | No Violation Identified QNCR 1 | 1 | 1 | — | May 2023 | View → |
Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $4,400 | |
| 2019-10-28 | Unprogrammed Related | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2018-10-24 | Referral | 2 | 2 | $13,000 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Berner Food & Beverage LLC.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Berner Food & Beverage LLC across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in cheese manufacturing within IL, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANYCHAMPAIGN — 2 federal enforcement records
- V & V SUPREMO FOODS, INC.CHICAGO — 2 federal enforcement records
- TORKELSON CHEESE CO.LENA — 2 federal enforcement records
- LIPARI FOODS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC DBA THE DELI SOURCE LLCANTIOCH — 1 federal enforcement record
- ARTHUR SCHUMAN MIDWEST, LLCELGIN — 1 federal enforcement record
- WARREN CHEESE PLANT, INC.WARREN — 1 federal enforcement record
- KOLB-LENA BRESSE BLEU, INC.LENA — 1 federal enforcement record
- CHEESE MERCHANTS OF AMERICA L.L.C.BARTLETT — 1 federal enforcement record
- KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL INCNORTHFIELD — 1 federal enforcement record
- DEAN SPECIALTY FOODS GROUP LLCDIXON — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC's OSHA violation history?
- BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 3 violations and $17,400 in total penalties.
- How does BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
- BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC operates in the cheese manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.3. BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 3.