Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Virginia

Arc3 Gases Richmond, Virginia

Name: Arc3 Gases Richmond, Virginia Workplace Safety Data
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Richmond, VA · ~44 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Arc3 Gases Richmond, Virginia runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Arc3 Gases Richmond, Virginia: 1.8 TCR = 82% of Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arc3 Gases Richmond, Virginia safety composite

Arc3 Gases Richmond, Virginia scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Arc3 Gases Richmond, Virginia: 2.2 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.38× in 2022

Arc3 Gases Richmond, Virginia's TCR rose 2.1 from 2.2 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 2.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 1.8 · 82% of ind

DART 4.3 DART
RANK #7/10
PHOTO 5036_11611
BOOK 7y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 5036_11611 (0.0 TCR gap)

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5036_11611

1.8
LSINC

1.8
559 Air Techno

1.8
Darr Equipment

1.8

What this shows Arc3 Gases Richmond, Virginia averages 1.8 TCR (82% of the Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Arc3 Gases Richmond, Virginia TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=4.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Arc3 Gases Richmond, Virginia falls in its industry

911 Welding machinery and equipmen establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 10 Welding machinery and equipmen employers in Virginia.

Arc3 Gases Richmond, Virginia (44 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Arc3 Gases Richmond, Virginia 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
2022	4.3	4.3	2
2021	1.7	0.0	1
2020	2.3	2.3	1
2019	2.1	0.0	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	2.2	2.2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423830 · VA · Richmond

911 Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 939 employers in Richmond, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	5036_11611	WEST COLUMBIA, SC	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LSINC	HUNTSVILLE, AL	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	559 Air Technologies	BYRON CENTER, MI	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Darr Equipment LP	IRVING, TX	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DSTC CHESTER	CHESTER	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Harrisonburg Electric Commission	HARRISONBURG	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TIS VA Culpeper	CULPEPER	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Avis Construction Company	ROANOKE	44 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VCU Health System	Richmond	14,536 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	11,826 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VCU	Richmond	5,271 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CJW Medical Center	Richmond	3,259 FTE
NAT-TCR	Lutz Roofing Inc	Shelby, MI	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Alta	Mojave, CA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	SUEZ WTS Beaumont Site	Beaumont, TX	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Clarks Summit	Clarks Summit, PA	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Brookdale College Place	College Place, WA	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Atlas Roofing	Fredericktown, MO	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Thompson Industrial Services, LLC, Division 51	Columbus, MS	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NexGen Power Systems	East Syracuse, NY	44 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.