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OSHA Injury Report: Chr Hansen - West Allis

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Chr Hansen - West Allis in West Allis, WI 53214 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator Packaging in yeast manufacturing.

Establishment
Chr Hansen - West Allis
Parent company
Chr Hansen Inc
Street
9015 W Maple St
City
West Allis
State
WI
ZIP
53214
On-site location
Freezer
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3
Days restricted or transferred
45

Employee was moving product trolley into the freezer.

Freezer door was open and as employee started walking through the door they did not cross the sensor before the door started to close and hit their hand.

Sprain of right ring and middle fingers

Freezer door

Struck on right hand by closing freezer door

Job description
Operator Packaging
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311999 — Yeast manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
385
Total hours worked
708366
EIN
131918913
Establishment ID
1125185
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
4:30
Time of incident
12:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
21FEB2025:19:53:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.