Medical supplies merchant wholesalers · Massachusetts

Cardinal Health Bedford DC

Name: Cardinal Health Bedford DC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Bedford, MA · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 5.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Cardinal Health Bedford DC runs at 258% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Medical supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Cardinal Health Bedford DC: 5.7 TCR = 258% of Medical supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardinal Health Bedford DC safety composite

Cardinal Health Bedford DC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.9

2022→2023

Cardinal Health Bedford DC injury rate improved

Cardinal Health Bedford DC's TCR fell 6.9 from 9.2 in 2022 to 2.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=9.2 · 2023=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423450 · Bedford, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.7 · 258% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #15/17
PHOTO C54
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C54 (0.0 TCR gap)

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C54

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C05

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Midwest Medica

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B36

5.7

What this shows Cardinal Health Bedford DC averages 5.7 TCR (258% of the Medical supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Cardinal Health Bedford DC TCR series: 2022=9.2 · 2023=2.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Cardinal Health Bedford DC falls in its industry

754 Medical supplies merchant whol establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 17 Medical supplies merchant whol employers in Massachusetts.

Cardinal Health Bedford DC (48 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Cardinal Health Bedford DC has fewer employees than the Medical supplies merchant wholesalers 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
2023	2.2	2.2	1	0	0
2022	9.2	9.2	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423450 · MA · Bedford

754 Medical supplies merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 50 employers in Bedford, MA · 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	C54	MONTGOMERY, NY	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	C05	AUBURNDALE, FL	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Midwest Medical Equipment and Supply	DULUTH, MN	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	B36	BROCKPORT, NY	5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Payne\|Bouchier Inc	BOSTON	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rise Construction Management	BOSTON	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NA-US-MA-South Dennis-Western Boulevard	SOUTH DENNIS	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Plymouth MA	PLYMOUTH	48 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Instrumentation Laboratory	Bedford	1,248 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bedford - 174 Middlesex Pkwy	Bedford	453 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby and 75 Wiggins	Bedford	422 FTE
CITY-NEAR	State Electric Corporation	Bedford	419 FTE
NAT-TCR	Mette's Cabinet Corner	Effingham, IL	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Maclean-Curtis LLC	Mooresville, NC	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Research Products Corporation - Madison	Madison, WI	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Meaden Precision Machined Products Company	Burr Ridge, IL	5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	J&J Cattle Co	Marengo, IA	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Marysville	Marysville, OH	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Engine Power, Inc. - Oconomowoc	Oconomowoc, WI	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pentalon Construction	Salt Lake City, UT	48 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: 2023, 2022. 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.