Cardinal Glass Industries

The counterweights on a crane had come out of the sleeve. An employee got the counterweights back in and was manually putting the limited movement chain back on the sprocket when it slipped, pulling their hand between the chain and sprocket. The employee sustained an amputation to the left index fingertip.

An employee was attempting to clean debris out of a rotary vane under a dust collector when the rotary airlock vane grabbed his gloved left hand and amputated his third and fourth fingertips.

On December 28, 2017, an employee was troubleshooting a pressure washer unit to determine why water was not spraying out of the spray nozzle. Pressurized water and air pressure released when the employee removed the cap/lid to inspect an internal screen. The employee's hand tool and the cap/lid then struck the employee's face, fracturing bones in the nose and forehead and lacerating the right pinky finger.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

On August 16, 2025, at approximately 11:15 AM, an employee entered the "pack cell" at a glass fabrication line to unjam glass product from the "pop up". The employee was removing glass product when residual pneumatic energy completed cycling the "pop up". The employee's fingers became caught in the pinch point created between the "pop up" and the conveyor. The employee sustained lacerations and tendon damage to their left index, middle, and ring fingers.

On July 5, 2025, an employee was working to lubricate the chain on an autoclave machine in the coating factory. Their left index finger was caught in the machine resulting in surgical amputation at the first joint. The machine was guarded at the time, but was not locked out/tagged out.

An employee was walking through a facility after returning from break when a forklift ran over their left foot. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their foot and ankle that required surgery.

An employee was greasing a furnace when their left index finger was caught in a gear and amputated.

On March 4, 2025, an employee was walking when they tripped over a rolled up work mat and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.

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.