Industrial gases manufacturing · Connecticut

Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873

Suffield, CT · ~30 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873 runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Industrial gases manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Industrial gases manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873 safety composite

Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−3.1

2016→2020

Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873 injury rate improved

Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873's TCR fell 3.1 from 3.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325120 · Suffield, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P51
  • PHOTO Albion Dry Ice Plant
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Albion Dry Ice Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873 averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Industrial gases manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873 TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873 falls in its industry

295 Industrial gases manufacturing establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873 (30 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 020406080100120 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873
Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873 (30 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873 has fewer employees than the Industrial gases manufacturing 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.4 3.2 2 0 1
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325120 · CT · Suffield

295 Industrial gases manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 24 employers in Suffield, CT · 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 Albion Dry Ice Plant 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Champaign - Mattis 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR A-Gas US Inc - Bowling Green Facility 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Cumberland/Arroyo 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE CNG - Greenwich 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sewer Division 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE D & G Contractors, Inc. 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paramount Construction LLC 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution 645 FTE
CITY-NEAR Suffield Manor Incorporated 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR CS Wholesale Grocers : Suffield, CT (GDC) 203 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kongsberg Automotive 179 FTE
NAT-TCR NMC - Clinic, Professional Bldg, Coding and Clinic Admin.- Golden Valley 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR BASF Catalysts LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 573 - Montebello-Int Branch 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR WAL 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rochester Satellite 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE BerryPEWA 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSR : Louisville R/D Lab 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE VH Foods Inc dba Outside The Breadbox 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.