Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing · North Carolina
Vanguard TD/PD/IT
Conover, NC · ~54 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Vanguard TD/PD/IT runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Vanguard TD/PD/IT: 4.4 TCR = 132% of Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Vanguard TD/PD/IT safety composite
Vanguard TD/PD/IT scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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 TD/PD/IT: 2.3 → 5.4 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 16.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.23× in 2024
Vanguard TD/PD/IT's TCR rose 3.1 from 2.3 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 16.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337121 · Conover, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 132% of ind
- DART 5.4 DART
- RANK #60/114
- PHOTO Vintage Leather
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~54 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Vintage Leather (0.0 TCR gap)
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Vanguard TD/PD/IT in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Vanguard TD/PD/IT
4.4 TCR
- Vintage Leathe
Vintage Leather
4.4 TCR
- C.R. Laine Fur
C.R. Laine Furniture
4.4 TCR
- Flexsteel Indu
Flexsteel Industries, Inc
4.3 TCR
- WHSE 12
WHSE 12
4.3 TCR
What this shows Vanguard TD/PD/IT averages 4.4 TCR (132% of the Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Vanguard TD/PD/IT TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=16.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Vanguard TD/PD/IT falls in its industry
300 Household-type furniture, upho establishmentsSafer than 52% 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 #60 safest of 114 Household-type furniture, upho employers in North Carolina.
Vanguard TD/PD/IT 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 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16.2 | 10.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 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 | Vintage Leather | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C.R. Laine Furniture | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Flexsteel Industries, Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WHSE 12 | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | ER LEWIS CONSTRUCTION CO, INC. | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Elizabethtown | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D.R. Horton, Inc. - Raleigh North | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mundy Maintenance and Services LLC Job #31045 | 54 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 | AWRC-Industrial FW | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | XLU | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Green Country Interiors, Inc. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Heritage Research Group | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hampden Energy Services | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Calvert City Lumber Co. | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Precision Walls Inc-Richmond | 54 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.