Compressed gases (except LP gas) merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit

Name: Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Detroit, MI · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Compressed gases (except LP gas) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit: 1.3 TCR = 57% of Compressed gases (except LP gas) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit safety composite

Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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

−2.5

2016→2018

Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit injury rate improved

Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Detroit, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.3 · 57% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/28
PHOTO Morton Salt Fairless…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Morton Salt Fairless Hills (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
Morton Salt Fa

1.3
N Las Vegas

1.3
Redwood City R

1.3
Plainfield PN

1.3

What this shows Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit averages 1.3 TCR (57% of the Compressed gases (except LP gas) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2018=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit falls in its industry

766 Compressed gases (except LP ga establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 28 Compressed gases (except LP ga employers in Michigan.

Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit (40 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit has more employees than the Compressed gases (except LP gas) merchan 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
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	2.5	2.5	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · MI · Detroit

766 Compressed gases (except LP gas) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, MI · 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	Morton Salt Fairless Hills	FAIRLESS HILLS, PA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	N Las Vegas	N LAS VEGAS, NV	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Redwood City RO 0840	REDWOOD CITY, CA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plainfield PN	PLAINFIELD, IL	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bushel Basket Orchards, Inc	LUDINGTON	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Shelbyville, MI	SHELBYVILLE	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dan & Jerrys Pineview Greenhouse LLC	KALAMAZOO	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Thumb Electric Cooperative of Michigan	UBLY	40 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Henry Ford Hospital	Detroit	8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Detroit Campus	Detroit	8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Delta Air Lines - DTW	Detroit	6,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Motors Corporation	Detroit	5,241 FTE
NAT-TCR	HydroChem LLC-BOX	Borger, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Buffalo Regional Office	Buffalo, NY	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Giant Eagle #3650	Pittsburgh, PA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	HCI02-HRO	Houston, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Concrete Specialties Co-Romeoville	Romeoville, IL	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	12- Houston	Houston, TX	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	02- Decatur, AL	Decatur, AL	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LeMay Electric, Inc.	Marietta, GA	40 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: 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.