Cardinal Glass Industries, Inc.

An employee was reading the numbers on the racks to find a skid that needed to be transported. As the employee was walking along the rack, they came in contact with a skid of glass. The employee's left forearm was lacerated.

On January 19, 2023, an employee was making adjustments to the support bar of the glass sanding machine when their left foot became pinched between the top and bottom conveyor belts of the machine. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was moving a section of glass from a motorized pallet jack into a vertical washing and inspection machine. The jack moved unexpectedly and the section of glass fell off the pallet and pinned the employee against the washing and inspection machine. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs.

At 7:22 a.m. on July 31, 2022, three employees were in a glass gantry, cutting pieces of glass to deposit them in a dumpster. One of them was putting a piece of glass in the dumpster when it bounced back and cut the employee's neck below the ear.

Three employees were removing a broken shaft from an auger. They were using a MAPP gas torch to expand the casing around the auger. Because the auger was not coming out of the casing, canned air was used on the shaft to constrict it. The canned air liquid ignited in the torch's open flame, and one employee suffered first-degree internal throat burns.

An employee was on a double-end rider in an aisle selecting product when his left leg was pinned between the rack and rider.

An employee was using a forklift to load a tractor trailer when the forklift skidded into a wall. The employee sustained an arm fracture.

An employee was training on an rolling container carrier on the dry, non-frozen storage side of the distribution center. She made a turn around the end cap and her right foot struck the rail protecting the endcap racking. The employee's foot was fractured.

An employee was a passenger in a utility vehicle that was driving up a hill on a wooded trail. As the vehicle made a right turn, three fingers on the employee's right hand were caught against a tree and fractured.

An employee was operating a forklift when his left leg was caught between the forklift and a bollard resulting in a broken leg.

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.

An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.

An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.

An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.