Medical equipment merchant wholesalers · New Jersey

Cardinal Health Medical Distribution

Swedesboro, NJ · ~83 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cardinal Health Medical Distribution runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Medical equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Cardinal Health Medical Distribution: 3.8 TCR = 172% of Medical equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardinal Health Medical Distribution safety composite

Cardinal Health Medical Distribution scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−2.4

2019→2024

Cardinal Health Medical Distribution injury rate improved

Cardinal Health Medical Distribution's TCR fell 2.4 from 3.8 in 2019 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.8 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=5.0 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423450 · Swedesboro, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 172% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #22/27
  • PHOTO B42
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: B42 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cardinal Health Medical Distribution in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cardinal Health Medical Distribution averages 3.8 TCR (172% of the Medical equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Cardinal Health Medical Distribution TCR series: 2019=3.8 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=5 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Cardinal Health Medical Distribution falls in its industry

754 Medical equipment merchant who establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 27 Medical equipment merchant who employers in New Jersey.

Cardinal Health Medical Distribution (83 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cardinal Health Medical Distribution
Cardinal Health Medical Distribution (83 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Cardinal Health Medical Distribution has more employees than the Medical equipment 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
2024 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2023 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2022 5.0 3.8 4 0 0
2021 4.6 4.6 4 0 0
2020 6.3 3.8 5 0 0
2019 3.8 3.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423450 · NJ · Swedesboro

754 Medical equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 74 employers in Swedesboro, NJ · 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 B42 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ancillary Provider Services 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR C50 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Owens & Minor West Deptford 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE New Jersey American Water - Shrewsbury Field Ops 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jottan, Inc. 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Totowa NJ 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Armistead Mechanical-New Jersey 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ready Pac Foods 785 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aspire Bakeries - Swedesboro 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR NJ02 - Swedesboro Fulfillment Center 497 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARYZTA - Swedesboro 490 FTE
NAT-TCR Marathon - CRM 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cambridge Go-Mart 57 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Anthony Oak Flooring, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR CM&W Hannibal North 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE AGLC NW Metro Regional Bussiness Center 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE KU Operations Center- Stone Rd 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tortorigi Construction 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE B & B Distributors, Inc. 83 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, 2020, 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.