Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing · North Carolina

Cardinal Container Systems

Lexington, NC · ~67 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cardinal Container Systems runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Cardinal Container Systems: 1.5 TCR = 46% of Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardinal Container Systems safety composite

Cardinal Container Systems scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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 Systems: 0.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2021

Cardinal Container Systems's TCR rose 3.1 from 0.0 in 2020 to 3.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Lexington, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #31/132
  • PHOTO American Wilcon Plas…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Wilcon Plastics - Air Vent - Orrick (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cardinal Container Systems in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cardinal Container Systems averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cardinal Container Systems TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Cardinal Container Systems falls in its industry

2,838 Packaging, plastics (e.g., bli establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 132 Packaging, plastics (e.g., bli employers in North Carolina.

Cardinal Container Systems (67 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cardinal Container Systems
Cardinal Container Systems (67 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Cardinal Container Systems has fewer employees than the Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubb median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 3.1 1.5 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · NC · Lexington

2,838 Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 120 employers in Lexington, 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 American Wilcon Plastics - Air Vent - Orrick 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mayfair Plastics, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Entegris, Inc Colorado Springs 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milgard Windows and Doors Tacoma MFG 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cherryville Location 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mundy Maintenance and Services LLC Job #31827 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE David E. Looper & Company, Inc. 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6775_15699 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Davidson County Schools 3,351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Davidson County Government 1,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Atrium Windows & Door 910 FTE
CITY-NEAR ASCO Power Technologies 639 FTE
NAT-TCR IMFAB, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR BR Output Central, LLC 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Centennial Hyundai 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR GBP DePere 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE McDonald's 24808 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly (JNAP) 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Citizen Cider 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Office 67 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.

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

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