Yeast manufacturing · Wisconsin

Chr Hansen - New Berlin

New Berlin, WI · ~64 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chr Hansen - New Berlin runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Yeast manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Chr Hansen - New Berlin: 5.6 TCR = 136% of Yeast manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chr Hansen - New Berlin safety composite

Chr Hansen - New Berlin scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−3.0

2016→2024

Chr Hansen - New Berlin injury rate improved

Chr Hansen - New Berlin's TCR fell 3.0 from 7.0 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.0 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311999 · New Berlin, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 136% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #16/22
  • PHOTO Nutriom, LLC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nutriom, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chr Hansen - New Berlin in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Chr Hansen - New Berlin averages 5.6 TCR (136% of the Yeast manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Chr Hansen - New Berlin TCR series: 2016=7 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 4.1

Where Chr Hansen - New Berlin falls in its industry

335 Yeast manufacturing establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 22 Yeast manufacturing employers in Wisconsin.

Chr Hansen - New Berlin (64 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Chr Hansen - New Berlin
Chr Hansen - New Berlin (64 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Chr Hansen - New Berlin has fewer employees than the Yeast manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 3.9 3.9 3 0 0
2023 5.2 1.3 4 0 0
2022 5.1 5.1 4 0 0
2021 6.2 4.6 4 0 0
2020 3.1 3.1 1 1 0
2019 7.8 7.8 4 1 0
2018 6.2 4.7 4 0 0
2016 7.0 4.6 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311999 · WI · New Berlin

335 Yeast manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 183 employers in New Berlin, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Nutriom, LLC 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Upton's Naturals Production 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Siouxpreme Egg Products 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michael Foods - National Pasteurized Eggs 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tomah, WI Receiving Station 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Van's Lumber & Custom Builders INc. 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE PDC Facilities Inc. 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pretec Directional Drilling, LLC 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pieper Electric, Inc. 1,154 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5531 502 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milwaukee Office 425 FTE
CITY-NEAR KS Energy Services (New Berlin) 411 FTE
NAT-TCR Danbury Brunswick 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Terranova Ranch, Inc 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ameripack Foods LLC 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Nutriom, LLC 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ontario Warehouse 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Noland Hospital Tuscaloosa 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peterson Farms Seed 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mill Steel Corporation 64 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.