Industrial gases merchant wholesalers · South Carolina

Praxair Distribution Inc.

Columbia, SC · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Praxair Distribution Inc. runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Industrial gases merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Praxair Distribution Inc.: 1.4 TCR = 63% of Industrial 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 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

−4.2

2016→2019

Praxair Distribution Inc. injury rate improved

Praxair Distribution Inc.'s TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Columbia, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 63% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/12
  • PHOTO Sacramento Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sacramento Plant (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 1.4 TCR (63% of the Industrial 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: 2016=4.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Praxair Distribution Inc. falls in its industry

766 Industrial gases merchant whol establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 12 Industrial gases merchant whol employers in South Carolina.

Praxair Distribution Inc. (24 employees, TCR 1.4) 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. (24 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Praxair Distribution Inc. has fewer employees than the Industrial 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.2 4.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · SC · Columbia

766 Industrial gases merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in Columbia, SC · 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 Sacramento Plant 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chemical Resources, Inc 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peoria (S165) 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Linde Gas & Equpment Inc - Lenexa 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE ISE Newberry Silverstreet Processing 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Timberlands 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aiken Substation/Transmission 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meter Lab (Columbia) 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Health Richland 5,949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Richland 4,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Carolina Department of Transportation 4,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC Department of Transportation 3,864 FTE
NAT-TCR Eugene MDF 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AbelConn, LLC 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Quadra- Tech, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Holladay Healthcare, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE City Furniture Stuart #17 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE KWF GA Lithonia HomeStore 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE KWF GA McDonough HomeStore 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE YS, Inc. 24 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: 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.