Food service contractors, concession operator (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) · Missouri

Cardinal Nation

St. Louis, MO · ~89 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cardinal Nation runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food service contractors, concession operator (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) workplace, earning a grade D.

Cardinal Nation: 3.6 TCR = 121% of Food service contractors, concession operator (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardinal Nation safety composite

Cardinal Nation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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 Nation: 1.7 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.52× in 2019

Cardinal Nation's TCR rose 3.8 from 1.7 in 2018 to 5.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · St. Louis, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 121% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #65/153
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT COVENANT V…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~89 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT COVENANT VILLAGE OF TURLOCK (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cardinal Nation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cardinal Nation averages 3.6 TCR (121% of the Food service contractors, concession operator (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Cardinal Nation TCR series: 2018=1.7 · 2019=5.5 · BLS 3.0

Where Cardinal Nation falls in its industry

6,952 Food service contractors, conc establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 153 Food service contractors, conc employers in Missouri.

Cardinal Nation (89 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cardinal Nation
Cardinal Nation (89 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Cardinal Nation has more employees than the Food service contractors, concession ope median and a higher 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
2019 5.5 5.5 3 0 0
2018 1.7 1.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · MO · St. Louis

6,952 Food service contractors, concession operator (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 686 employers in St. Louis, MO · 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 SODEXO AT COVENANT VILLAGE OF TURLOCK 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT UNIVERSITY NEW HAVEN 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 610505900 - KAUFFMAN STADIUM - CONCESSIONS 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SJFU HAFFEY HALL 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE MACKENZIE POINTE_1435034 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co. 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE INDEPENDENCE_1367876 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crestwood Healthcare Center, LLC 89 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monsanto - St. Louis 6,028 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Anthony's Medical Center 3,706 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABI Corporation 2,720 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Louis University Hospital 2,084 FTE
NAT-TCR Aep Nvh Opco LLC 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Wendy's Store #408 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Amarillo AMA 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Kendon (BAMG) 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Marine Store #1292 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE iPlastics LLC DBA IVP Plastics 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Decatur 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Tenet Providence East Mc Evs 89 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.