Chemical gases merchant wholesalers · Rhode Island

Praxair Distribution Inc. Slatersville

Name: Praxair Distribution Inc. Slatersville Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Slatersville, RI · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Praxair Distribution Inc. Slatersville runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chemical gases merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Praxair Distribution Inc. Slatersville: 2.8 TCR = 129% of Chemical gases merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Praxair Distribution Inc. Slatersville safety composite

Praxair Distribution Inc. Slatersville 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.84 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

−5.7

2016→2019

Praxair Distribution Inc. Slatersville injury rate improved

Praxair Distribution Inc. Slatersville's TCR fell 5.7 from 5.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Slatersville, RI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 129% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #7/9
PHOTO UIC Technical Center
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UIC Technical Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.9
Aldrich Chemic

2.9
Cottage Grove

2.9
This site

2.8
nexAir Union C

2.8

What this shows Praxair Distribution Inc. Slatersville averages 2.8 TCR (129% of the Chemical gases merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Praxair Distribution Inc. Slatersville TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Praxair Distribution Inc. Slatersville 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.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Rhode Island alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Chemical gases merchant wholes employers in Rhode Island.

Praxair Distribution Inc. Slatersville (30 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. Slatersville has fewer 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	5.7	5.7	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · RI · Slatersville

766 Chemical gases merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,610 rated employers in Rhode Island with headcount on file · 6 employers in Slatersville, RI · 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	UIC Technical Center	SOUTHINGTON, CT	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	nexAir Union City Plant	FAIRBURN, GA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Aldrich Chemical Co LLC - Teutonia Facility	MILWAUKEE, WI	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cottage Grove West (CGW) - Donkel	COTTAGE GROVE, WI	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ocean State Power	HARRISVILLE	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Inland Waters LLC	JOHNSTON	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Catalano Construction Main Office	CUMBERLAND	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JS Pallet Co., Inc.	PAWTUCKET	30 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Slatersville	Slatersville	116 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Silgan Dispensing Systems Slatersville LLC	Slatersville	113 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Augusto, Inc.	Slatersville	50 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Slatersville, RI	Slatersville	27 FTE
NAT-TCR	Regulatory Services	Minneapolis, MN	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	CPP - Minneapolis	Bloomington, MN	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Main Yard	Kilgore, TX	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Keihin Michigan Manufacturing LLC.	Capac, MI	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Wis-Pak of Flagstaff	Flagstaff, AZ	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	JR Simplot Company-SGS Halsey	Halsey, OR	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Meridian, Id/Intermountain District	Meridian, ID	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cranberry Pa	Cranberry Township, PA	30 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, 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.