Business associations · Iowa

VGM Group, Inc.

Waterloo, IA · ~1,077 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VGM Group, Inc. runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Business associations workplace, earning a grade A.

VGM Group, Inc.: 0.9 TCR = 45% of Business associations BLS 2.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VGM Group, Inc. safety composite

VGM Group, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−2.3

2022→2024

VGM Group, Inc. injury rate improved

VGM Group, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.3 from 2.5 in 2022 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 813910 · Waterloo, IA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 45% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P86
  • PHOTO Rincon Farms, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~1,077 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rincon Farms, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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VGM Group, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VGM Group, Inc. averages 0.9 TCR (45% of the Business associations BLS benchmark).

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

VGM Group, Inc. TCR series: 2022=2.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 2.1

Where VGM Group, Inc. falls in its industry

50 Business associations establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
VGM Group, Inc. (1,077 employees, TCR 0.9) among 28 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 29 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate VGM Group, Inc.
VGM Group, Inc. (1,077 employees, TCR 0.9) among 28 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.9

VGM Group, Inc. has more employees than the Business associations median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 0.3 0.0 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.5 0.7 21 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

813910 · IA · Waterloo

50 Business associations employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, IA · 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 Rincon Farms, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Land Mark Electric Inc 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harvey Milling Co. 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR OEI 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE John Deere Financial Johnston 1,069 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genesis West Medical Center 1,069 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa Veterans Home 1,067 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids Main Plant 1,089 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black Hawk County Extension 4,790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterloo Pork Plant 2,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR UnityPoint 2,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations 1,605 FTE
NAT-TCR Nederman MikroPul LLC 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR RSW-7500 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Timber Creek Resource - Dyer 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Magnolia Regional Health Cente 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - RIC5 1,077 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - MEM6 1,077 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Dalton GA Antioch 1,077 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cheshire Medical Center 1,077 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.