Employer · California

Vanguard Univ*

Costa Mesa, CA · ~21 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vanguard Univ* runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

Vanguard Univ*: 5.3 TCR = 178% of industry BLS 3.0 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vanguard Univ* safety composite

Vanguard Univ* scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−14.8

2018→2023

Vanguard Univ* injury rate improved

Vanguard Univ*'s TCR fell 14.8 from 14.8 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=14.8 · 2019=7.5 · 2020=9.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Costa Mesa, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 178% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #334/586
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT CSU SAN MA…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT CSU SAN MARCOS RES DINING (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vanguard Univ* in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vanguard Univ* averages 5.3 TCR (178% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Vanguard Univ* TCR series: 2018=14.8 · 2019=7.5 · 2020=9.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Vanguard Univ* falls in its industry

6,952 industry establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #334 safest of 586 industry employers in California.

Vanguard Univ* (21 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Vanguard Univ*
Vanguard Univ* (21 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Vanguard Univ* has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 9.8 9.8 1 0 0
2019 7.5 7.5 1 0 0
2018 14.8 14.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · CA · Costa Mesa

6,952 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 185 employers in Costa Mesa, CA · 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 SODEXO AT CSU SAN MARCOS RES DINING 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Diego Commissary 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT MONTANA TECH RESIDENT DINING 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT LIPSCOMB UNIV - STARBUCKS 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Poso Ridge,LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELESIS ONION CO., INC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Farms Inc 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR PACIFIC AMPHITHEATER 863 FTE
CITY-NEAR OC Fair & Event Center 861 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Costa Mesa 670 FTE
CITY-NEAR PACWEST Security Services 567 FTE
NAT-TCR Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (GSPP) 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Heavy Highway Construction 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Acme United Corp Rocky Mount, NC 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4458 FARMINGTON, NM 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Manhattan Sch Music* 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE SUNY Platts* 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frost Valley YMCA* 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harper Creek Comm Sch* 21 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.