Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers · North Carolina
Vanguard Truck Center Conover
Conover, NC · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Vanguard Truck Center Conover runs at 249% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Vanguard Truck Center Conover: 5.5 TCR = 249% of Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Vanguard Truck Center Conover safety composite
Vanguard Truck Center Conover scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% 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 Truck Center Conover: 0.0 → 4.0 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 13.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Vanguard Truck Center Conover's TCR rose 4.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423110 · Conover, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 5.5 · 249% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #23/33
- PHOTO Vanguard-Phoenix
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~23 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Vanguard-Phoenix (0.0 TCR gap)
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Vanguard Truck Center Conover in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Vanguard Truck Center Conover
5.5 TCR
- Vanguard-Phoen
Vanguard-Phoenix
5.5 TCR
- 0574 MANHEIM
0574 MANHEIM KEYSTONE 488 FIREHOUSE RD
5.5 TCR
- ADESA Phoenix
ADESA Phoenix
5.5 TCR
- Stoops Freight
Stoops Freightliner TC - Wayne
5.5 TCR
What this shows Vanguard Truck Center Conover averages 5.5 TCR (249% of the Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Vanguard Truck Center Conover TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=4 · BLS 2.2
Where Vanguard Truck Center Conover falls in its industry
1,333 Motor vehicle merchant wholesa establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 33 Motor vehicle merchant wholesa employers in North Carolina.
Vanguard Truck Center Conover has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13.3 | 8.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423110 · NC · Conover
1,333 Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers 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 | Vanguard-Phoenix | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 0574 MANHEIM KEYSTONE 488 FIREHOUSE RD | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ADESA Phoenix | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stoops Freightliner TC - Wayne | 5.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Farm | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SOUTHERN PINES 1 SOW -EST | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cotton Gin | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Monroe Growout | 23 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 | LAZ Parking California, LLC | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Olde Mill Inn & Grain House Restaurant | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Little Mountain Precision LLC - Tyler Plant | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JCB Flavors LLC | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Blackhawk Transport James Hardie Va | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kamco Supply - Danbury, CT | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hazel Hills | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Green View Nursery Inc. | 23 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.