Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard · Ohio

Cardinal Container

Name: Cardinal Container Workplace Safety Data
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Columbus, OH · ~55 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Cardinal Container runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade B.

Cardinal Container: 2.2 TCR = 67% of Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardinal Container safety composite

Cardinal Container scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Cardinal Container: 1.1 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2021

Cardinal Container's TCR rose 2.2 from 1.1 in 2020 to 3.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 67% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #52/109
PHOTO Pratt (Wapakoneta Co…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pratt (Wapakoneta Corrugating), LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.2

What this shows Cardinal Container averages 2.2 TCR (67% of the Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).

Cardinal Container TCR series: 2020=1.1 · 2021=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Cardinal Container falls in its industry

1,338 Corrugated and solid fiber box establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 109 Corrugated and solid fiber box employers in Ohio.

Cardinal Container (55 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Cardinal Container has fewer employees than the Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made fr median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2021	3.3	2.2	3	0	0
2020	1.1	1.1	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · OH · Columbus

1,338 Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Pratt (Wapakoneta Corrugating), LLC	WAPAKONETA, OH	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Indiana Box, LLC. Huntington	HUNTINGTON, IN	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Buckeye Boxes	COLUMBUS, OH	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pregis Ever Tec- Technical Machinery Solutions	ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	IGS Solar 6100	DUBLIN	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dolan Lab	GROVEPORT	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Backbone Power Systems LLC	CLEVES	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Columbus NE Service Center	COLUMBUS	55 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nationwide Children's Hospital	Columbus	13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus	Columbus	10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Riverside Methodist Hospital	Columbus	9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1	Columbus	5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ganado Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Ganado, TX	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	S08953 - Moreno Valley Transfer and MRF	Moreno Valley, CA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hampton Inn High Point	Archdale, NC	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation (272-MARK)	Santa Rosa, CA	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Behr Midway	Santa Ana, CA	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	United Electric Cooperative, Inc.	Savannah, MO	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Shore Cliff Hotel	San Luis Obispo, CA	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Public Works Department	Woodridge, IL	55 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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