Chemical gases merchant wholesalers · North Dakota

Praxair Distribution Fargo ND

Fargo, ND · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Praxair Distribution Fargo ND runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Chemical gases merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Praxair Distribution Fargo ND: 1.8 TCR = 80% of Chemical gases merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Praxair Distribution Fargo ND safety composite

Praxair Distribution Fargo ND 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−3.5

2016→2017

Praxair Distribution Fargo ND injury rate improved

Praxair Distribution Fargo ND's TCR fell 3.5 from 3.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Fargo, ND AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 80% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Jacam Catalyst, LLC …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jacam Catalyst, LLC - Dickinson (0.0 TCR gap)

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Praxair Distribution Fargo ND in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Praxair Distribution Fargo ND averages 1.8 TCR (80% of the Chemical gases merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Praxair Distribution Fargo ND TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Praxair Distribution Fargo ND falls in its industry

766 Chemical gases merchant wholes establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Chemical gases merchant wholes employers in North Dakota.

Praxair Distribution Fargo ND (25 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Praxair Distribution Fargo ND
Praxair Distribution Fargo ND (25 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Praxair Distribution Fargo ND has fewer employees than the Chemical gases merchant wholesalers 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
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · ND · Fargo

766 Chemical gases merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 415 employers in Fargo, ND · 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 Jacam Catalyst, LLC - Dickinson 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Salt-Savage 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hydrite - Visalia 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Geismar GE 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Basin Safety Consulting Corporation 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ashtabula 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roers West LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Apache - Marathon Petroleum 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,963 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - North Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - Fargo Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Broadway Hospital-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,547 FTE
NAT-TCR BioScrip Infusion Services - Lake Success - 2303 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bernhard MCC L.L.C. LA 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cangelosi Ward General Contractors 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR TRW Automotive-Lebanon 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Nurseries, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3105 Republic Services of South Carolina, Hilton Head 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GCT - Sharonville 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GCR - Dayton 25 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: 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.