Chr Hansen - West Allis
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WEST ALLIS, WI | Yeast manufacturing
~368 avg employees | 3 years of OSHA data
Chr Hansen - West Allis has an average TCR of 2.6, which is 63% of the industry average (4.1) for Yeast manufacturing. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for Chr Hansen - West Allis
Chr Hansen - West Allis operates an establishment with approximately 368 full-time equivalent workers in WEST ALLIS, WI, classified under the Yeast manufacturing industry (NAICS 311999). Across 3 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 26 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.6 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the B letter grade (Good Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 4.1 for Yeast manufacturing, Chr Hansen - West Allis's workforce experiences 63% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 3 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Chr Hansen - West Allis as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Chr Hansen - West Allis's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311999 — Yeast manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
8 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 708,366 hours worked = 2.26 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Chr Hansen - West Allis (this establishment) | 2.58 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Yeast manufacturing industry avg | 4.10 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311999 |
| Wisconsin state avg (all industries) | 9.28 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Chr Hansen - West Allis to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 12 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
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