Welding, on site, contractors · Oklahoma

Vanguard Builders, Inc.

Broken Arrow, OK · ~31 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vanguard Builders, Inc. runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Welding, on site, contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Vanguard Builders, Inc.: 5.1 TCR = 183% of Welding, on site, contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vanguard Builders, Inc. safety composite

Vanguard Builders, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2016→2024

Vanguard Builders, Inc. injury rate improved

Vanguard Builders, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.9 from 4.3 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2018=8.8 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238190 · Broken Arrow, OK ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 183% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK P33
  • PHOTO Sure Forming Systems…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sure Forming Systems Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vanguard Builders, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vanguard Builders, Inc. averages 5.1 TCR (183% of the Welding, on site, contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Vanguard Builders, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2018=8.8 · 2021=4 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Vanguard Builders, Inc. falls in its industry

166 Welding, on site, contractors establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Vanguard Builders, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Vanguard Builders, Inc.
Vanguard Builders, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Vanguard Builders, Inc. has fewer employees than the Welding, on site, contractors 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
2024 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2023 5.2 2.6 2 0 0
2022 6.2 0.0 2 0 0
2021 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 8.8 4.4 2 0 0
2016 4.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238190 · OK · Broken Arrow

166 Welding, on site, contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,320 rated employers in Oklahoma with headcount on file · 136 employers in Broken Arrow, OK · 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 Sure Forming Systems Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Joswig Construction Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alexander Metals Inc 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CECO Concrete : St Louis 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE SAGEBRUSH SOW FARM -EST 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE paluca petroleum, inc 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cherokee 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Service 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Simulation 662 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1160 - Simulation Systems 551 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zeeco HQ 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 472 415 FTE
NAT-TCR Dfa Distributing North - Lemars Ia 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dfa Distributing West - City of Industry Ca-North 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DAT6 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Delta Air Lines - JFK 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Resonetics Westborough 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE INFINITI of Boerne 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legacy Wendy's-109 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Save-A-Lot Lewiston 31 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.