Devon's Chocolates, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin · Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate · NAICS 311352
1inspections
1citation items
$5,678current penalties
Nov 26, 2019last inspection
OSHA has inspected Devon's Chocolates, LLC once in Wisconsin.
The inspection began on Nov 26, 2019 on a referral, in Sun Prairie.
That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $8,111 and now stand at $5,678, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,874, and Devon's Chocolates, LLC averages $5,678 (1 cited inspection).
Devon's Chocolates, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Nov 22, 2019: Employee injures arm when entangled in sprocket/conveyor
At 9:00 a.m. on November 22, 2019, Employee #1 was operating Line 10. A line worker missed putting a cell in a carrier, and Employee #1 opened a door on the machine to place the cell into the carrier. Employee #1's sleeve got caught in a nip point of the sprocket/conveyor. The employee was hospitalized to treat an arm injury.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Sun Prairie site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 159 workers: 4.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.4 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Devon's Chocolates LLC
Sun Prairie · 2025
159
2
0
4.2
3.4
Devon's Chocolates
Sun Prairie · 2024
81
0
0
0.0
3.4
Devon's Chocolates, LLC
Sun Prairie · 2018
43
3
2
7.0
3.4
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Nov 22, 2019, Sun Prairie: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · arm(s), unspecified
An employee was filling a missing cell into a carrier, which involved opening a door while a conveyor was running. The sleeve of the employee's smock was caught in the sprocket that moved the conveyor; the employee's arm was pulled into and through the sprocket, and the employee was trapped in the machine. She was hospitalized.
May 9, 2017, Sun Prairie: Hospitalization · fractures · wrist(s)
An employee was pulling a bundle of cardboard when the band strap broke and he fell to the ground, breaking his left wrist. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3)
(3) Sprockets and chains. All sprocket wheels and chains shall be enclosed unless they are more than seven (7) feet above the floor or platform. Where the drive extends over other machine or working areas, protection against falling shall be provided. This subparagraph does not apply to manually operated sprockets.
Other confectionery manufacturing from purchased chocolate employers in Wisconsin
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
