PVC pipe manufacturing · Arizona
VTC Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ · ~75 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
VTC Phoenix runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical PVC pipe manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares VTC Phoenix's OSHA Total Case Rate of 1.7 to the PVC pipe manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (53% of benchmark) across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
VTC Phoenix's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where VTC Phoenix falls in its industry
361 PVC pipe manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 PVC pipe manufacturing employers in Arizona.
Trend analysis for VTC Phoenix
Between 2016 and 2024, VTC Phoenix's Total Case Rate worsened from 1.1 to 3.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 179% increase across 8 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2021 saw the highest rate, at 3.3, a spread of 3.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 8 reporting years, VTC Phoenix recorded 13 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 13 injuries, and 1 fatality shown on this page for VTC Phoenix are sourced from its own 8 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 326122 - PVC pipe manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 192,157 hours worked = 1.04 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| VTC Phoenix (this establishment) | 1.74 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Pipe fittings, rigid plastics, manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 326122 |
| Arizona state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by VTC Phoenix to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 3 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on VTC Phoenix's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its PVC pipe manufacturing peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 53% of the PVC pipe manufacturing benchmark, VTC Phoenix reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider PVC pipe manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.