Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing · North Carolina
Vanguard Frame VGF#2
Conover, NC · ~27 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Vanguard Frame VGF#2 runs at 237% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Vanguard Frame VGF#2: 7.8 TCR = 237% of Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Vanguard Frame VGF#2 safety composite
Vanguard Frame VGF#2 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
28/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Vanguard Frame VGF#2: 3.0 → 4.4 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 15.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.56× in 2024
Vanguard Frame VGF#2's TCR rose 1.4 from 3.0 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 15.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337121 · Conover, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 237% of ind
- DART 4.4 DART
- RANK #105/114
- PHOTO American Leather Ope…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~27 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: American Leather Operations, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Vanguard Frame VGF#2 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Ashley Furnitu
Ashley Furniture - Leesport
7.9 TCR
- This site
Vanguard Frame VGF#2
7.8 TCR
- American Leath
American Leather Operations, LLC
7.8 TCR
- Conklin Office
Conklin Office Services
7.8 TCR
- JORDAN MFG--YU
JORDAN MFG--YUMA
7.8 TCR
What this shows Vanguard Frame VGF#2 averages 7.8 TCR (237% of the Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Vanguard Frame VGF#2 TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=10.8 · 2018=7.1 · 2019=9.3 · 2020=8.6 · 2021=15.6 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Vanguard Frame VGF#2 falls in its industry
300 Household-type furniture, upho establishmentsSafer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #105 safest of 114 Household-type furniture, upho employers in North Carolina.
Vanguard Frame VGF#2 has fewer employees than the Household-type furniture, upholstered, m median and a higher 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 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.3 | 4.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.8 | 7.2 | 3 | 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 | American Leather Operations, LLC | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Conklin Office Services | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JORDAN MFG--YUMA | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ashley Furniture - Leesport | 7.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bissette Farms, Inc | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hyde County Pullet Farm | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hyde County Pullet | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Price Logging Inc | 27 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 | AUS | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SPG International, LLC | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | G. W. Thiel, Inc. | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | South Beach #056 | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Finzer Roller - Arkansas | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Scott Enterprises, Inc. | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cast Specialties, Inc. | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gateway | 27 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.