Cardinal CG has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.
OSHA opened it on Apr 13, 2017 on a referral, in Waxahachie.
From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $9,054 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $4,527, down 50%.
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Cardinal CG averages $4,527 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Cardinal CG 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.
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Incident on Mar 29, 2017: Employee's fingers are caught in roller and receive injuries
At 7:10 p.m. on March 29, 2017, an employee was adjusting Kevlar rope on a wrapper machine. The employee fixed two-handed control so that the machine would continue running while he made adjustments. His fingers were caught between the rope and the metal roller. The employee's skin on his left little finger was torn at the base of the finger and required surgery and his right little finger was fractured.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Waxahachie site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 185 workers: 0.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 180 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Waxahachie CG
Waxahachie · 2025
185
1
1
0.6
3.1
Cardinal CG -Waxahachie CG
Waxahachie · 2022
179
2
1
1.2
3.1
Cardinal CG - Waxahachie CG
Waxahachie · 2019
164
4
1
2.3
3.1
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.
An employee was using a Kevlar Rope wrapper to install Kevlar fabric onto a roller. The control was fixed so the machine continued to run while the employee adjusted the Kevlar fabric. Both of his pinky fingers were caught between the Kevlar rope and the metal roller, tearing the skin at the base of one if his left fingers that required surgery and fracturing one of his right fingers.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
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.
