Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · North Carolina

Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC

Raleigh, NC · ~321 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC runs at 224% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC: 6.3 TCR = 224% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC safety composite

Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−50.0

2019→2024

Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC injury rate improved

Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC's TCR fell 50.0 from 53.7 in 2019 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 53.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=53.7 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Raleigh, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 224% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #41/55
  • PHOTO Vanderpool Construct…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 95 inj
  • SIZE ~321 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vanderpool Construction (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC averages 6.3 TCR (224% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC TCR series: 2019=53.7 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 55 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in North Carolina.

Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC (321 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 Civil Contracting, LLC
Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC (321 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2024 3.6 3.1 20 0 0
2023 6.6 5.1 31 0 0
2022 7.1 4.9 22 1 0
2021 7.8 5.3 15 1 0
2019 53.7 53.7 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · NC · Raleigh

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 973 employers in Raleigh, NC · 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 Vanderpool Construction 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ashburton Reservoir 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Layne Christensen 5061 Luckett Road 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minger Construction Companies Incorporated 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Donley's Concrete Group LLC 321 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper - New Bern Mill 321 FTE
STATE-SIZE Supply Chain : Asheville CMC 321 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1849 321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Headway Workforce Solutions 13,936 FTE
CITY-NEAR NC State University 11,491 FTE
CITY-NEAR UNC Rex Healthcare 7,282 FTE
CITY-NEAR SECU 6,283 FTE
NAT-TCR Constellation Hospice PA, LLC 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sharon Center 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Archer Wire International Bedford Park 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Young's Landscape Mgmt Inc 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 036 - Clyde Park-Wyoming 321 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rochelle Community Hospital 321 FTE
NAT-SIZE JW Marriott Chicago 321 FTE
NAT-SIZE ARC Corporate Offices 321 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.