Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing · North Carolina

Lexington Cardinal 1201

Name: Lexington Cardinal 1201 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lexington, NC · ~66 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lexington Cardinal 1201 runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Lexington Cardinal 1201: 3.9 TCR = 117% of Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lexington Cardinal 1201 safety composite

Lexington Cardinal 1201 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.64 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%).

Lexington Cardinal 1201 held a steady TCR band

Lexington Cardinal 1201's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.7 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2018=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Lexington, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 117% of ind

DART 2.6 DART
RANK #85/132
PHOTO Bullet Line, LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bullet Line, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Lexington Cardinal 1201 averages 3.9 TCR (117% of the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Lexington Cardinal 1201 TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2018=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Lexington Cardinal 1201 falls in its industry

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #85 safest of 132 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain employers in North Carolina.

Lexington Cardinal 1201 (66 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Lexington Cardinal 1201 has fewer employees than the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manu 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
2018	4.0	2.6	1	2	0
2016	3.7	0.0	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · NC · Lexington

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 120 employers in Lexington, NC · 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	Bullet Line, LLC	FLORENCE, KY	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Milgard Windows & Doors -- Tacoma Manufacturing	FIFE, WA	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Primex Plastics Design & Fabrication	RICHMOND, IN	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Performance Gear Systems	PLAINFIELD, IL	3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Clinton Field Services	CLINTON	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Riverbend Steam Station	MT. HOLLY	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Salisbury Operations Center	SALISBURY	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ASHEVILLE OPERATIONS	ASHEVILLE	66 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Davidson County Schools	Lexington	3,351 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Davidson County Government	Lexington	1,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Atrium Windows & Door	Lexington	910 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ASCO Power Technologies	Lexington	639 FTE
NAT-TCR	Lehigh Lansdale - Hagerstown - DTI	Hagerstown, MD	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	El Rio Grande Latin Market #5	Garland, TX	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Iowa 80 Group	Walcott, IA	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tysons Corner (HR)	Tysons Corner, VA	3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Shopko Store #29 (Madison, WI (West))	Madison (West), WI	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Shopko Store #106 (Billings, MT)	Billings, MT	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hydro Resources, MDC Garden City	Garden City, KS	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 30367	Youngstown, OH	66 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: 2018, 2016. 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.