# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025077056` · 7/20/2025 · DAKOTA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC
- **Location:** 2034 E. Factory Rd., DAKOTA, ILLINOIS, 61018
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ascending an 8-foot ladder to clean an overhead conveyor when the ladder tipped over and the employee fell to the floor sustaining a concussion and broken vertebrae.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*