Chemical gases merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

Praxair Distribution Inc

Roseville, MN · ~53 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Praxair Distribution Inc runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chemical gases merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Praxair Distribution Inc: 2.8 TCR = 127% of Chemical gases merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Praxair Distribution Inc safety composite

Praxair Distribution Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

2018→2020

Praxair Distribution Inc injury rate improved

Praxair Distribution Inc's TCR fell 3.5 from 6.0 in 2018 to 2.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Roseville, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 127% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/18
  • PHOTO North American Distr…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: North American Distribution Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Praxair Distribution Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Praxair Distribution Inc averages 2.8 TCR (127% 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 TCR series: 2018=6 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Praxair Distribution Inc falls in its industry

766 Chemical gases merchant wholes establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 18 Chemical gases merchant wholes employers in Minnesota.

Praxair Distribution Inc (53 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 Inc
Praxair Distribution Inc (53 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Praxair Distribution Inc has more employees than the Chemical gases merchant wholesalers median and a higher 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 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.0 6.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · MN · Roseville

766 Chemical gases merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 239 employers in Roseville, MN · 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 North American Distribution Center 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marinette 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ChemRite CoPac, Inc 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwest-Madison 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE North Ottawa 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Perham Breeder Farms 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Facility 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maertens- Brenny Construction Company 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota Department of Transportation Metro District 1,485 FTE
CITY-NEAR Park Dental/The Dental Specialist 1,141 FTE
CITY-NEAR Veritas Technologies LLC - Roseville 777 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2101 - Roseville T1 509 FTE
NAT-TCR Colorado Springs (GCR) 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rcp West End Co-Op Building 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Vulcan Information Packaging 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Ashford on Broad 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grande Communicaitons Corpus Christi 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kendall Electric - EKNX 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Woodlands at St. Barnabas, Inc. 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Universal Staffing Services, Inc 53 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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