Cardinal CT

An employee's left ring and middle fingers were amputated when caught in the chain of a horizontal glass washer machine.

An employee was loading a dish washing machine. A plate bumped against the machine and broke, lacerating the employee's left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was throwing a mirror into a dumpster when the mirror shattered and lacerated the employee's arm.

Two Rycon employees were installing glass marker boards in a nearly completed space. Each employee had a suction cup on the face of the board and a hand on the bottom of the board. Upon hanging the third board in sequence on a hang strip mounted to the wall, the board needed to be moved about half an inch to butt tightly to the adjacent one. When the employees moved the marker board, it shattered causing half of the board to fall and cause a severe laceration to an employee's left wrist.

On May 15, 2023, an employee removed a mirror from the bathroom to discard it. As the employee went to place it on the cart, the mirror broke. The employee sustained a laceration on the right forearm that required surgery.

An employee was lifting a round, glass table top while working on a waste collection route. The glass table top shattered and lacerated the employee's arm.

An employee was operating a machine and went to remove a buildup of desiccant from the machine. Their right index finger was pinched between two moving parts, resulting in an amputation to the finger.

On September 3, 2025, an employee was working on the left-side charger of a tank. They were using a ratchet with an extension to make an adjustment to the sand seal when their right thumb was pinched between the ratchet and the running charger, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle.

A forklift was placing an elevated load onto a truck. The forklift tipped forward and fell on the injured employee who was standing nearby. The employee sustained fractures to their hip and ribs, as well as leg muscle injuries.

At 12:09 p.m. on July 11, 2025, an employee was inspecting the dust collection system in a plant. The employee was checking an airlock to determine whether there was suction when their left index and middle fingers were pinched between the rotating rotor and the housing of the airlock. The employee suffered amputations of both fingertips without bone loss.

An employee was manually removing a bearing from a vertical washer brush. Due to the weight of the brush roll, it released and crushed his left ring fingertip resulting in amputation without bone loss.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.