Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing · North Carolina
Vanguard Main VGM
Conover, NC · ~195 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Vanguard Main VGM runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Vanguard Main VGM: 3.2 TCR = 96% of Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Vanguard Main VGM safety composite
Vanguard Main VGM scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% 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
−2.2
2016→2024
Vanguard Main VGM injury rate improved
Vanguard Main VGM's TCR fell 2.2 from 4.8 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.8 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=1.0 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=2.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337121 · Conover, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 96% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #34/114
- PHOTO Baker Interiors Furn…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 50 inj
- SIZE ~195 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Baker Interiors Furniture Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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Vanguard Main VGM in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Vanguard Main VGM
3.2 TCR
- Baker Interior
Baker Interiors Furniture Company
3.2 TCR
- Lakeshore
Lakeshore
3.2 TCR
- Century Uphols
Century Upholstery Plant # 2
3.2 TCR
- Plant # 1
Plant # 1
3.1 TCR
What this shows Vanguard Main VGM averages 3.2 TCR (96% of the Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Vanguard Main VGM TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=1 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Vanguard Main VGM falls in its industry
300 Household-type furniture, upho establishmentsSafer than 73% 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 #34 safest of 114 Household-type furniture, upho employers in North Carolina.
Vanguard Main VGM has more 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 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 10 | 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 | Baker Interiors Furniture Company | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lakeshore | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Century Upholstery Plant # 2 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plant # 1 | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BE&K Building Group, LLC | 195 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LJ Electrical Inc. | 195 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Commercial Park | 195 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | King Hickory Furniture Company | 195 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 | Dragon Products Beaumont | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | OFS BRANDS Plant #9 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rumpke Sanitary Landfill | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ambridge Plant | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Cassena Care at Norwalk | 195 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Warren | 195 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Phoebe Berks | 195 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | XML | 195 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.