Antibiotics merchant wholesalers · New Jersey

Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center

Swedesboro, NJ · ~232 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Antibiotics merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center: 2.7 TCR = 125% of Antibiotics merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center safety composite

Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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 Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center: 1.6 → 2.8 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.03× in 2023

Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center's TCR rose 1.2 from 1.6 in 2019 to 2.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424210 · Swedesboro, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 125% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #19/32
  • PHOTO 4016-18178030
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~232 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4016-18178030 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center averages 2.7 TCR (125% of the Antibiotics merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center TCR series: 2019=1.6 · 2020=2.8 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=2.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center falls in its industry

514 Antibiotics merchant wholesale establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 32 Antibiotics merchant wholesale employers in New Jersey.

Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center (232 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center
Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center (232 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Cardinal Health Pharmacuetical Distribution Center has more employees than the Antibiotics merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 2.8 2.8 7 0 0
2022 3.7 3.7 9 0 0
2020 2.8 2.8 5 0 0
2019 1.6 1.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424210 · NJ · Swedesboro

514 Antibiotics 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 4016-18178030 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Covetrus-Ocala 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cardinal Health 110, LLC (dba Kinray) 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4016-18178025 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trenton Operations 232 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zimmer Biomet Trabecular Metal Technology 232 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2384 - Mantua 232 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2518 232 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 LATICRETE International, Inc-TX 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Building Maintenance 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Walls Inc-Nashville 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Environmental Roofing & Waterproofing Main Offices 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Schirm USA, Inc. 232 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Controls - Hattiesburg 232 FTE
NAT-SIZE Broward Main Office 232 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vance Brothers - Kansas City 232 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, 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.