Skilled nursing facilities · North Carolina
Cardinal Healthcare
Lincolnton, NC · ~51 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 6.7
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cardinal Healthcare runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Skilled nursing facilities workplace, earning a grade C.
Cardinal Healthcare: 6.7 TCR = 103% of Skilled nursing facilities BLS 6.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cardinal Healthcare safety composite
Cardinal Healthcare scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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 Healthcare: 0.1 → 1.9 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 12.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.29× in 2023
Cardinal Healthcare's TCR rose 1.9 from 0.1 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623110 · Lincolnton, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 6.7 · 103% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #269/510
- PHOTO Rolling Green Village
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~51 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Rolling Green Village (0.0 TCR gap)
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Cardinal Healthcare in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Cardinal Healthcare
6.7 TCR
- Rolling Green
Rolling Green Village
6.7 TCR
- TIMBER POINT H
TIMBER POINT HEALTHCARE CENTER
6.7 TCR
- Evergreen Seni
Evergreen Senior Care and Rehab
6.7 TCR
- AVANTE AT LAKE
AVANTE AT LAKE WORTH
6.7 TCR
What this shows Cardinal Healthcare averages 6.7 TCR (103% of the Skilled nursing facilities BLS benchmark).
Cardinal Healthcare TCR series: 2016=0.1 · 2017=12.6 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=10.8 · 2021=11.2 · 2023=1.9 · BLS 6.5
Where Cardinal Healthcare falls in its industry
15,252 Skilled nursing facilities establishmentsSafer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #269 safest of 510 Skilled nursing facilities employers in North Carolina.
Cardinal Healthcare has fewer employees than the Skilled nursing facilities median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.6. 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 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12.6 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
623110 · NC · Lincolnton
15,252 Skilled nursing facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 71 employers in Lincolnton, 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 | Rolling Green Village | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TIMBER POINT HEALTHCARE CENTER | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Evergreen Senior Care and Rehab | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AVANTE AT LAKE WORTH | 6.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hawksridge Farms, Inc | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Burlington Operations Center | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DRB Group North Carolina LLC - Charlotte Division | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | All other sites Gastonia | 51 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | RSI Home Products | 769 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1109-Atrium Health Lincoln (1109) | 672 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Woodmark Corporation | 671 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0050-Atrium Health Lincoln | 653 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | American Red Cross - 2400 Asbury | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | San Juan County | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | United Aluminum | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cheshire MA Collection | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Manufacturing Plant | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | I C Reed and Sons Inc | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Olum's Vestal | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | R. H. Sheppard Co., Inc | 51 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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