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I worked at Cardinal Glass in Casa Grande, AZ from May 2005, until November 2007. I guess I'm lucky to have not been killed. I sustained hearing loss due to excessive noise exposure and have been forced to exist on Social Security. Production was always more important than safety at the Casa Grande plant. Cardinal ignored many OSHA regulations. Safety procedures were changed only after somebody got hurt. Many of my former co-workers have been injured. The Casa Grande plant had a very high casualty rate.

I served on the safety committee for several months. This committee gave the illusion of safety. It became obvious that production was more important than safety. T-shirts and sports bottles were given to employees that didn't end up in the emergency room.

One particular piece of equipment would get jammed up with glass and it was policy to un-jam it while it was still running. Many of the safety features were intentionally disabled. I learned not to put my hands in moving machines when I was 5 years old, however, it was standard operating procedure at Cardinal. One of my former co-workers was injured and disfigured while trying to un-jam this machine. He's lucky to still have his hand. Tag out and lock out procedures apparently took too much time therefore, they were ignored. I verbally complained about this unsafe procedure prior to this accident and my supervisor told me to stop over reacting.

Several co-workers engaged in methamphetamine use/sales on the job. Handling raw glass with a tweeker is like playing chicken with someone that doesn't care. The Cardinal Casa Grande, AZ plant was run like a sweat shop in a third world country.

Broken glass on the floor is as slippery as ice. I found it odd that this fatally injured worker was alone long enough to get injured and bleed to death before anyone noticed.

I wonder if Sentry Insurance will deny his workers' compensation claim? Workers' compensation claims at Cardinal Casa Grande were alot higher than the industry average. Hopefully all employees were well trained(watched the video) in dealing with blood born pathogens.