Industrial gases merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Praxair Distribution Inc. North Royalton

Name: Praxair Distribution Inc. North Royalton Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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North Royalton, OH · ~54 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Praxair Distribution Inc. North Royalton runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Industrial gases merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Praxair Distribution Inc. North Royalton: 2.5 TCR = 115% of Industrial gases merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Praxair Distribution Inc. North Royalton safety composite

Praxair Distribution Inc. North Royalton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−4.4

2016→2020

Praxair Distribution Inc. North Royalton injury rate improved

Praxair Distribution Inc. North Royalton's TCR fell 4.4 from 6.5 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.5 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · North Royalton, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 115% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #37/53
PHOTO Nexeo Solutions - Do…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nexeo Solutions - Doraville (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Praxair Distribution Inc. North Royalton averages 2.5 TCR (115% of the Industrial gases merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Praxair Distribution Inc. North Royalton TCR series: 2016=6.5 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Praxair Distribution Inc. North Royalton falls in its industry

766 Industrial gases merchant whol establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 53 Industrial gases merchant whol employers in Ohio.

Praxair Distribution Inc. North Royalton (54 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Praxair Distribution Inc. North Royalton has more employees than the Industrial 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
2020	2.2	2.2	1
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	1.5	1.5	1
2016	6.5	6.5	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · OH · North Royalton

766 Industrial gases merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 26 employers in North Royalton, OH · 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	Nexeo Solutions - Doraville	ATLANTA, GA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hillyard Co. - DC	ST. JOSEPH, MO	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EMCO Chemical Distributors Inc	PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jacksonville 0975	JACKSONVILLE, FL	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	C.M. Brown Nurseries, Inc.	PERRY	54 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Butt Construction Co., Inc.	DAYTON	54 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Office/Shop	LORAIN	54 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ferguson Construction Comany-Columbus	COLUMBUS	54 FTE
CITY-NEAR	I & MJ Gross Company	North Royalton	328 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Diplomat Healthcare	North Royalton	129 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DiGioia-Suburban Excavating, LLC	North Royalton	61 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Royalton WoodsA Randall Residence	North Royalton	56 FTE
NAT-TCR	Master Pneumatic	Sterling Heights, MI	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hutch's #120	Sayre, OK	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Springfield Electric Supply Company	Springfield, IL	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	38th Street	Tacoma, WA	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Just $ave #137	North Wilkesboro, NC	54 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Langley Wire Cloth Components, Inc.	Adamsville, TN	54 FTE
NAT-SIZE	902 South Clack Street	Abilene, TX	54 FTE
NAT-SIZE	517 Arlington Blvd	Greenville, NC	54 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, 2016. 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.