Gases, compressed and liquefied (except liquefied petroleum gas), merchant wholesalers · South Dakota
A-Ox Welding Supply Inc.
Sioux Falls, SD · ~86 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
A-Ox Welding Supply Inc. runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Gases, compressed and liquefied (except liquefied petroleum gas), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
A-Ox Welding Supply Inc.: 3.5 TCR = 160% of Gases, compressed and liquefied (except liquefied petroleum gas), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
A-Ox Welding Supply Inc. safety composite
A-Ox Welding Supply Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% 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
−0.4
2020→2024
A-Ox Welding Supply Inc. injury rate improved
A-Ox Welding Supply Inc.'s TCR fell 0.4 from 2.5 in 2020 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=2.5 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=2.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424690 · Sioux Falls, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 160% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK P25
- PHOTO Producers Chemical C…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~86 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Producers Chemical Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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A-Ox Welding Supply Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
A-Ox Welding Supply Inc.
3.5 TCR
- Producers Chem
Producers Chemical Company
3.5 TCR
- Golden
Golden
3.5 TCR
- 2722
2722
3.5 TCR
- JCI Charlotte
JCI Charlotte
3.5 TCR
What this shows A-Ox Welding Supply Inc. averages 3.5 TCR (160% of the Gases, compressed and liquefied (except liquefied petroleum gas), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
A-Ox Welding Supply Inc. TCR series: 2020=2.5 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=2 · BLS 2.2
Where A-Ox Welding Supply Inc. falls in its industry
766 Gases, compressed and liquefie establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
A-Ox Welding Supply Inc. has more employees than the Gases, compressed and liquefied (except median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424690 · SD · Sioux Falls
766 Gases, compressed and liquefied (except liquefied petroleum gas), merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 542 employers in Sioux Falls, SD · 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 | Producers Chemical Company | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Golden | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2722 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JCI Charlotte | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sullivans, Inc. | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Weisser Distributing Inc | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Regional Behavioral Health Center | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kilstrom Center | 86 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals | 6,424 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 4,818 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield Foods | 3,459 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Avera McKennan Hospital | 3,312 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Gaspard & Sons | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | KSi Conveyors, Inc. - Cissna Park | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Howard Grote & Sons Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TFP Nutrition | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lippmann Milwaukee | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lowes Foods #278 | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AHC VanAyer | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Diversified Harvesting Comapany LLC | 86 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.