Safety manager sent to prison for lying about workplace injuries
Treatment for broken bones, etc. was denied or delayed to get bonuses
A former safety manager of the Shaw Group has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for deliberately falsifying records of workplace injuries. Shaw, formerly Stone and Webster Construction, held a contract for construction services at several TVA facilities, and used the false injury reports to claim bonuses of more than $2.5 million under the contract.
Walter Cardin, 55, of Metairie, La., was convicted in November 2012, after being charged by a federal grand jury with eight counts of major fraud against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).