Standard Process Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Palmyra, Wisconsin · All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing · NAICS 311999
3inspections
2citation items
$7,623current penalties
Apr 7, 2017last inspection
Since 2007, OSHA inspectors have visited Standard Process Inc. in Wisconsin 3 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Apr 7, 2017 on a referral, in Palmyra.
In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.
The proposed penalties came to $14,050; today they stand at $7,623, 46% less.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,874 penalty. Standard Process Inc. averages $7,243 across 1 cited inspection.
Standard Process Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Want to know if OSHA cites Standard Process Inc. again? Add it to a watchlist and we will email you the morning the citation shows up.
Incident on Apr 4, 2017: Employee's right index finger is amputated after being caugh
At 1:15 a.m. on April 4, 2017, an employee working in a nutritional supplements manufacturing plant was performing machine cleaning duties. The employee was cleaning the inside of a 2 inch pneumatic butterfly valve to remove any remaining meat product. The employee connected house air to the valve to keep the valve open while cleaning the inside of the valve. There was miscommunication with a coworker and the air was disconnected. The employee and coworker were standing within 2 feet of each other. When the air source was disconnected, the valve closed and pinched the tip of the employees right index finger. The employee pulled the finger out of the valve. The employee was taken by EMS to a hospital. The employee's right index finger tip was amputated. The employees were working on an Alfa Laval Centrifuge machine which was locked out at the time of the accident. A lack of energy restraint (lockout) on the air source to the butterfly valve contributed to the accident. accident.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Palmyra site logged 9 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 572 workers: 1.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 61 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Standard Process
Palmyra · 2025
572
9
2
1.8
3.0
Standard Process Inc.
Palmyra · 2020
401
8
0
0.0
1.1
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
The employee was beginning the clean-in-place process. The employee disconnected the air line which de-energized the valve causing it to close on the employee's right index finger and amputate the fingertip.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Lockout/tagout. (i) If an energy isolating device is not capable of being locked out, the employer's energy control program under paragraph (c)(1) of this section shall utilize a tagout system.
(a) Use of protective equipment—(1) Personal protective equipment. (i) Employees working in areas where there are potential electrical hazards shall be provided with, and shall use, electrical protective equipment that is appropriate for the specific parts of the body to be protected and for the work to be performed.
Other all other miscellaneous food manufacturing 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.
