Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers
NAICS 424690
Workplace safety data for employers in this industry
What Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers Safety Data Reveals
The Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers sector (NAICS 424690) encompasses 1,020 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 5,310 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 9.1 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year. Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 2.2 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 9.1 is higher than the BLS benchmark — a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.
The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers — not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.
Employers by Safety Rate (Page 11 of 22)
| Employer | Location | Avg TCR | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria (S165) | PEORIA, IL | 1.4 | B |
| Sacramento Plant | SACRAMENTO, CA | 1.4 | B |
| Praxair Distribution Inc. | COLUMBIA, SC | 1.4 | B |
| Linde Gas & Equpment Inc - Lenexa | LENEXA, KS | 1.4 | B |
| Waxahachie SSC 1I | WAXAHACHIE, TX | 1.4 | B |
| St. Louis (S142) | ST. LOUIS, MO | 1.4 | B |
| Charlotte CT | CHARLOTTE, NC | 1.4 | B |
| Midland, TX Sales Office | MIDLAND, TX | 1.4 | B |
| Hattiesburg-Plt | HATTIESBURG, MS | 1.4 | B |
| Jefferson Distribution | JEFFERSON, GA | 1.4 | B |
| Quanta BioDesign, Ltd. | PLAIN CITY, OH | 1.4 | B |
| Hillyard Co. - Hutchinson | HUTCHINSON, MN | 1.3 | B |
| Augusta Distribution | AUGUSTA, GA | 1.3 | B |
| La Porte Distribution | LA PORTE, TX | 1.3 | B |
| Wooster Operations | WOOSTER, OH | 1.3 | B |
| Hillyard Co. - New York | VICTOR, NY | 1.3 | B |
| Harrisburg HB | MIDDLETOWN, PA | 1.3 | B |
| Facility 14 | TUALATIN, OR | 1.3 | B |
| Greensboro Jamestown 0964 | JAMESTOWN, NC | 1.3 | B |
| Odessa 0909 | ODESSA, TX | 1.3 | B |
| Dallas DA 0905 | DALLAS, TX | 1.3 | B |
| Earlbeck Gases & Technologies Baltimore | BALTIMORE, MD | 1.3 | B |
| Encore Gas & Supply Long Beach | LONG BEACH, CA | 1.3 | B |
| Greenfield Global USA Inc. 58 Vale Rd | BROOKFIELD, CT | 1.3 | B |
| Slatersville, RI | SLATERSVILLE, RI | 1.3 | B |
| Islandia | ISLANDIA, NY | 1.3 | B |
| Brentwood | HIGH POINT, NC | 1.3 | B |
| Morton Salt Fairless Hills | FAIRLESS HILLS, PA | 1.3 | B |
| N Las Vegas | N LAS VEGAS, NV | 1.3 | B |
| Redwood City RO 0840 | REDWOOD CITY, CA | 1.3 | B |
| Plainfield PN | PLAINFIELD, IL | 1.3 | B |
| Praxair Distribution Inc. Detroit | DETROIT, MI | 1.3 | B |
| Hillyard Co. - Inc/Office | ST. JOSEPH, MO | 1.3 | B |
| Phoenix-45th Ave | PHOENIX, AZ | 1.3 | B |
| Morrisville MV | MORRISVILLE, PA | 1.3 | B |
| Hillyard Minneapolis | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | 1.2 | B |
| Houston 771 Brisbane 0876 | HOUSTON, TX | 1.2 | B |
| Airgas Refrigerants, Inc. - Long Island City | LONG ISLAND CITY, NY | 1.2 | B |
| LG&E North Freeway Houston | HOUSTON, TX | 1.2 | B |
| Great Lakes Fort Wayne | FORT WAYNE, IN | 1.2 | B |
| Charkit Chemical Company | NORWALK, CT | 1.2 | B |
| The Gorilla Glue Company - South | CINCINNATI, OH | 1.2 | B |
| Altoona AT | ALTOONA, PA | 1.2 | B |
| St Louis SS | BERKELEY, MO | 1.2 | B |
| Visalia 0846 | VISALIA, CA | 1.2 | B |
| Kingsport 440 (S199) | KINGSPORT, TN | 1.2 | B |
| Salt Lake City SL | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | 1.2 | B |
| North Kansas City | NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO | 1.2 | B |
| Nexeo Solutions - Carson | CARSON, CA | 1.2 | B |
| Delta Companies Group - Baytown | BAYTOWN, TX | 1.2 | B |
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.