Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers · Virginia

Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell

Hopewell, VA · ~46 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell: 1.7 TCR = 79% of Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell safety composite

Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−3.4

2016→2023

Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell injury rate improved

Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell's TCR fell 3.4 from 4.6 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Hopewell, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 79% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/10
  • PHOTO Northeast Salem Plan…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Northeast Salem Plant and Branch (0.0 TCR gap)

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Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell averages 1.7 TCR (79% of the Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell falls in its industry

766 Other Chemical and Allied Prod establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Other Chemical and Allied Prod employers in Virginia.

Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell (46 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell
Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell (46 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Airgas Dry Ice - Hopewell has more employees than the Other Chemical and Allied Products Merch median and a lower 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
2023 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.2 2.1 2 0 0
2016 4.6 4.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · VA · Hopewell

766 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 41 employers in Hopewell, VA · 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 Northeast Salem Plant and Branch 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great Lakes Wayne 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Fe Springs - Dice Rd 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kapolei, Hawaii 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE BRUNSWICK COUNTY POWER STATION 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE 202-NiSource-Staunton VA 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jacobs BIA-Dulles Rail-VA 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huang's Inc. 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hopewell VA12 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR TriCities Hospital 568 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Randolph Medical Center 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4505 Hopewell Mill 304 FTE
NAT-TCR Santa Fe Springs - Dice Rd 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Great Lakes Wayne 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Gilmore Construction Corporation 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 709 21st Avenue 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE ALTEC 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services, MIA, Miami Int'l Airport 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gheen Irrigation Airport 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE MSY New Orleans Airport 46 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.