Chemical gases merchant wholesalers · New York

Praxair Distribution Inc. Buffalo

Buffalo, NY · ~19 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Praxair Distribution Inc. Buffalo runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chemical gases merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Praxair Distribution Inc. Buffalo: 1.1 TCR = 50% of Chemical gases merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Praxair Distribution Inc. Buffalo safety composite

Praxair Distribution Inc. Buffalo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

Praxair Distribution Inc. Buffalo held a steady TCR band

Praxair Distribution Inc. Buffalo's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Buffalo, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 50% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/23
  • PHOTO Hillyard Co. - Lanca…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hillyard Co. - Lancaster (0.0 TCR gap)

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Praxair Distribution Inc. Buffalo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Praxair Distribution Inc. Buffalo averages 1.1 TCR (50% 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 Inc. Buffalo TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Praxair Distribution Inc. Buffalo falls in its industry

766 Chemical gases merchant wholes establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 23 Chemical gases merchant wholes employers in New York.

Praxair Distribution Inc. Buffalo (19 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 Inc. Buffalo
Praxair Distribution Inc. Buffalo (19 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Praxair Distribution Inc. Buffalo 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · NY · Buffalo

766 Chemical gases merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 532 employers in Buffalo, NY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Hillyard Co. - Lancaster 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harwick-Akron 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amerochem Corporation 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PDI Dallas TX 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE NYSEG Chatham 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE FRANKLINVILLE CREW LOCATION-NY39 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE STOW SERVICE CENTER-NY41 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE K. Hovnanian Companies NYC - Leroy Office 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo General Hospital 3,556 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Hospital of Buffalo 2,379 FTE
CITY-NEAR WNY Independent Living, Inc. 1,988 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaleida Health Oishei Childrens Hospital 1,765 FTE
NAT-TCR Food Packaging : FRESNO 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hft #1 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cargill Animal Nutrition 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR RealtyCarr 1.1 TCR

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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.