Cardinal Services Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Nov 12, 2013: Employee falls from scaffold, sustains fracture

On November 12, 2013, Employee #1, with Cardinal Services Inc., was working from a temporary scaffold. Employee #1 fell about five and one-half feet, hitting a tree and then falling to the ground. Employee #1 was hospitalized with an unspec ified fracture.

Incident on May 6, 2011: Employee was wrapped up by a shaft

An employee was blowing down equipment when he leaned over a moving shaft, which had a protruding bolt. The rotating bolt wrapped up the worker's shirt, pulling him toward the shaft and spinning him around with the rotation of the shaft. He suffered injuries to the groin area and was hospitalized.

Incident on Jan 19, 2008: Employee injured in fall when truss collapses

On January 19, 2008, Employee #1, age 19, and a coworker, were working on the bo ttom cord of an approximately 70 ft wide truss when the truss collapsed. Employe e #1 fell 16 ft 1 in. and sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Incident on Feb 8, 2006: Employee fractures hands when caught in rotating shaft

On February 8, 2006, Employee #1 was off-loading product from a double pointer s aw and walked over to speak to another worker on the opposite side of the machin e. As Employee #1 bent over, his sweatshirt became entangled in the slow rotatin g horizontal shaft. While pulling his shirt free, both hands became entangled. T he machine pulled both forearms around the shaft, fracturing them in two places and breaking his right hand. Other employees cut Employee #1 free from the machi ne, called for the ambulance and rendered first aid. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital for treatment and surgery. He was hospitalized.

Incident on Mar 16, 2004: Employee cuts fingers while adjusting table saw

At approximately 11:15 p.m. on March 16, 2004, Employee #1, working at a lumber company, was setting up a table saw to cut laminated lumber. He unlocked the hor izontal fence and raised the hood guard. He decreased the cut size and pushed a laminated alder wood block through the saw blade. He then reached up to remove t he cutting scrap and made contact with the saw blade, cutting his ring, middle, and index fingers on his left hand. He then reached up with his right hand and n icked his index finger.

Incident on Mar 26, 2002: Employee struck in the eye by flying metal debris

At approximately 3:45 p.m. on March 26, 2002, Employee #1 was driving a 2-ft-lon g pin into the bearing seat of a thumb. A piece of metal from the hammer he was using struck him in the eye. He was hospitalized with lacerations.

Incident on Jun 25, 2001: Employee shot by a nail gun into his knee

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on June 25, 2001, Employee #1 was climbing a ladder a nd his left knee was punctured by a nail fired by a nail gun. He was framing in a closet and started to climb a ladder when he placed the tip of the nail gun on his left knee. The safety feature became deactivated. He pulled the trigger wit h his fingers, and the nail gun fired a nail into his knee. Employee #1 was take n to a local hospital for treatment and surgery.

Incident on Sep 29, 1997: Employee injured in fall from garbage truck

At 11:15 a.m. on September 29, 1997, Employee #1, a recycle driver was attemptin g to dump a load of cardboard into a recycle bin. After raising the box on the t ruck to dump his load, he noticed that the door was jammed by a piece of cardboa rd and would not dump. Employee #1 got out of his truck and climbed up on the bi n and tried to dislodge the stuck cardboard with his hands. When this did not wo rk he climbed part way into the truck bin and began to kick the door with his fo ot. When the cardboard came loose, the falling load of cardboard pushed him back into the bin and he landed on his head giving him a "stinger" causing temporary paralysis to his lower body.