Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing · North Carolina

Vanguard CGF

Conover, NC · ~47 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Vanguard CGF runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Vanguard CGF: 3.9 TCR = 118% of Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vanguard CGF safety composite

Vanguard CGF scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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

−0.8

2016→2024

Vanguard CGF injury rate improved

Vanguard CGF's TCR fell 0.8 from 3.0 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=9.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337121 · Conover, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 118% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #54/114
  • PHOTO Fairfield Chair
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fairfield Chair (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vanguard CGF in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vanguard CGF averages 3.9 TCR (118% of the Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Vanguard CGF TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=3 · 2019=9 · 2020=0 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=2 · 2023=4 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Vanguard CGF falls in its industry

300 Household-type furniture, upho establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 114 Household-type furniture, upho employers in North Carolina.

Vanguard CGF (47 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Vanguard CGF
Vanguard CGF (47 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Vanguard CGF has fewer employees than the Household-type furniture, upholstered, m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2023 4.0 2.0 2 0 0
2022 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2021 6.2 6.2 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 9.0 9.0 4 0 0
2018 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2017 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2016 3.0 3.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337121 · NC · Conover

300 Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 95 employers in Conover, 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 Fairfield Chair 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maiden Upholstery Division 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TB Arhaus, LLC - Plant 1 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MBH - South Gate, CA 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Monroe NC Operations 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dan River Steam Station 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hickory Resource Center PNG 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Douglas Charlotte 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zenith - Conover 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4224 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4224 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2510 Conover Folding 309 FTE
NAT-TCR Millers Merry Manor 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Dakota 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Georgetown 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hilton Orlando 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oa Manufacturing Inc 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastside #065 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Homes by Towne - West Florida Region 47 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.