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OSHA Injury Report: Chr Hansen - West Allis

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Chr Hansen - West Allis in West Allis, WI 53214 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator Fermentation 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
Freeze Dryer Room
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
143

Employee was unloading freeze dryer

Employee lifted freeze dryer hopper off the load table to the cart and felt a pull in their groin area.

Left inguinal hernia

Hopper

Strain in groin from lifting freeze dryer hopper

Job description
Operator Fermentation
SOC code
51-9012 — Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, 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 #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
9:00
Time of incident
16:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
21FEB2025:20:08:00

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.