Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing · Illinois

Cardinal Pallet Co. Inc

Name: Cardinal Pallet Co. Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Cardinal Pallet Co. Inc runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Cardinal Pallet Co. Inc: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardinal Pallet Co. Inc safety composite

Cardinal Pallet Co. Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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 Pallet Co. Inc: 0.0 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Cardinal Pallet Co. Inc's TCR rose 3.2 from 0.0 in 2017 to 3.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/42
PHOTO McVantage Packaging …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 0 inj
SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McVantage Packaging - Tuscumbia (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Cardinal Pallet Co. Inc averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Cardinal Pallet Co. Inc TCR series: 2017=0 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Cardinal Pallet Co. Inc falls in its industry

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 42 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur employers in Illinois.

Cardinal Pallet Co. Inc (30 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Cardinal Pallet Co. Inc has fewer employees than the Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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	3.2	0.0	0	1	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · IL · Chicago

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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	McVantage Packaging - Tuscumbia	TUSCUMBIA, AL	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Southern Milling & Lumber, Inc.	LAKELAND, FL	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Universal Forest Products - Salisbury, LLC.	SALISBURY, NC	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Swift Creek Forest Products	JETERSVILLE, VA	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Odell Fire	ODELL	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops	LINCOLN	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Chicago Loop Tech	CHICAGO	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc.	CANTON	30 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	8200 Preston Suite P&Q Jessup MD	Jessup, MD	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	TSS at Graphic Packaging Int'l Queen City TX	Queen City, TX	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Belvedere Nursing & Rehab	Hot Springs, AR	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Clinical Care Associates	Radnor, PA	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	K S Telecom Inc.	Penryn, CA	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North Hero-Grand Isle Drawbrid	Grand Isle, VT	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Titan Fire Protection INC	Vista, CA	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Highlands	New Britain, CT	30 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, 2017. 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.