Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Virginia

Arc3 Gases Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA · ~22 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Arc3 Gases Lynchburg runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Arc3 Gases Lynchburg: 1.2 TCR = 54% of Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arc3 Gases Lynchburg safety composite

Arc3 Gases Lynchburg scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−4.0

2016→2022

Arc3 Gases Lynchburg injury rate improved

Arc3 Gases Lynchburg's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423830 · Lynchburg, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.2 · 54% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/10
  • PHOTO PSCA - Parts Supply …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PSCA - Parts Supply California (0.0 TCR gap)

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Arc3 Gases Lynchburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Arc3 Gases Lynchburg averages 1.2 TCR (54% of the Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Arc3 Gases Lynchburg TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Arc3 Gases Lynchburg falls in its industry

911 Welding machinery and equipmen establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 10 Welding machinery and equipmen employers in Virginia.

Arc3 Gases Lynchburg (22 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Arc3 Gases Lynchburg
Arc3 Gases Lynchburg (22 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Arc3 Gases Lynchburg has fewer employees than the Welding machinery and equipment merchant median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.0 4.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423830 · VA · Lynchburg

911 Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 360 employers in Lynchburg, 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 PSCA - Parts Supply California 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR US TX Odessa 7950 E Interstate 20 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR John Henry Foster MN Inc 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CH Hanson Headquarters 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eastville Farm 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE BIRDSONG PEANUTS SOUTHAMPTON 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE L&D Well Service Inc 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Colonial Energy, Inc. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lynchburg General Hospital 2,596 FTE
CITY-NEAR BWXT NOG Lynchburg 2,200 FTE
CITY-NEAR BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg 2,180 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centra Urgent Care Forest 1,283 FTE
NAT-TCR EWSTX 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bergey's Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cleveland Utilities - Electric Division 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR BRH Garver Construction 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Casa Bella Interiors 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE PIP Printing 46 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Excel Granite 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tronics MEMS, Inc 22 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: 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.