Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers · Louisiana

Red Ball Oxygen Co, Inc.

Name: Red Ball Oxygen Co, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Shrevepport, LA · ~206 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Red Ball Oxygen Co, Inc. runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Red Ball Oxygen Co, Inc.: 1.3 TCR = 58% of Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Red Ball Oxygen Co, Inc. safety composite

Red Ball Oxygen Co, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Red Ball Oxygen Co, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Red Ball Oxygen Co, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423830 · Shrevepport, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.3 · 58% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #14/29
PHOTO Saginaw
BOOK 5y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~206 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Saginaw (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Red Ball Oxygen Co, Inc. averages 1.3 TCR (58% of the Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Red Ball Oxygen Co, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Red Ball Oxygen Co, Inc. falls in its industry

911 Industrial machinery and equip establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 29 Industrial machinery and equip employers in Louisiana.

Red Ball Oxygen Co, Inc. (206 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Red Ball Oxygen Co, Inc. has more employees than the Industrial machinery and equipment (exce median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2020	0.8	0.8	1	1
2019	1.2	1.2	3	0
2018	1.7	0.9	4	0
2017	1.5	0.5	3	0
2016	1.1	1.1	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423830 · LA · Shrevepport

911 Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 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	Saginaw	SAGINAW, TX	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	6202 - WHEAT-TECH-SEAL WHEATLEY	HOUSTON, TX	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Zund America, Inc	OAK CREEK, WI	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Briggs Tampa	TAMPA, FL	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Performance Contractors, Inc. - Baton Rouge Fab Shop	BATON ROUGE	206 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Taft Plant	TAFT	206 FTE
STATE-SIZE	312	VILLE PLATTE	206 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Landmark South Nursing and Rehabilitation	BATON ROUGE	206 FTE
NAT-TCR	Zetec- Snoqualmie	Snoqualmie, WA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Constant Aviation- NXT	Middleburg Heights, OH	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bestway Mechanic Shop	Windsor, CO	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Main Office	Lakewood, WA	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Bernstein Management Corporation	Washington, DC	206 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ball Metalpack - Chestnut Hill, TN	Dandridge, TN	206 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Flight Operations Support	Solana Beach, CA	206 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US133: New York City 143 - SG	Secaucus, NJ	206 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.

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