Manufacturing · Georgia

Cardinal CG - Buford CG

Buford, GA · ~182 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cardinal CG - Buford CG runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Cardinal CG - Buford CG: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardinal CG - Buford CG safety composite

Cardinal CG - Buford CG scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2016→2019

Cardinal CG - Buford CG injury rate improved

Cardinal CG - Buford CG's TCR fell 2.8 from 4.2 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327215 · Buford, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #7/18
  • PHOTO Oldcastle Building E…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~182 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oldcastle Building Envelope (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cardinal CG - Buford CG in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Cardinal CG - Buford CG averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Cardinal CG - Buford CG TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Cardinal CG - Buford CG falls in its industry

441 Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 18 Manufacturing employers in Georgia.

Cardinal CG - Buford CG (182 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 94 employees and a TCR of 3.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cardinal CG - Buford CG
Cardinal CG - Buford CG (182 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 94 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Cardinal CG - Buford CG has more employees than the Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2019 1.4 0.5 3 0 0
2018 0.9 0.9 2 0 0
2017 3.1 1.0 6 0 0
2016 4.2 1.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327215 · GA · Buford

441 Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 164 employers in Buford, GA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Oldcastle Building Envelope 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Continental Mirrored Graphics, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viracon 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buford CG 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE F&W Forestry Services, Inc 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cortland Build 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cornerstone Forming LLc 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE LMI Systems, Inc. 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tech Systems, Inc 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elringklinger USA, Inc. 473 FTE
CITY-NEAR GAORD - BUFORD CENTER 447 FTE
CITY-NEAR Georgia Branch 428 FTE
NAT-TCR US KS Andover Plant 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Y Foods, Inc. Ansonia 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Abs 0028 1398 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Denver- Specialized Services 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 6400-Swy 0027 3545 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE 333 - Bensalem 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ovation Plumbing, Heating & Air Inc. 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6718 Grand Prairie Millwork 182 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.