Scheduled Air Transportation · Massachusetts

Delta Air Lines - BOS

East Boston, MA · ~1,276 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Delta Air Lines - BOS runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Scheduled Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade D.

Delta Air Lines - BOS: 5.6 TCR = 125% of Scheduled Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Delta Air Lines - BOS safety composite

Delta Air Lines - BOS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

Delta Air Lines - BOS held a steady TCR band

Delta Air Lines - BOS's TCR held near 0.0 from 5.6 in 2016 to 5.6 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.6 · 2017=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 481111 · East Boston, MA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 125% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #4/15
  • PHOTO PBI West Palm Beach …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 136 inj
  • SIZE ~1,276 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PBI West Palm Beach Airport (0.0 TCR gap)

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Delta Air Lines - BOS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Delta Air Lines - BOS averages 5.6 TCR (125% of the Scheduled Air Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

Delta Air Lines - BOS TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2017=5.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Delta Air Lines - BOS falls in its industry

1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 15 Scheduled Air Transportation employers in Massachusetts.

Delta Air Lines - BOS (1,276 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Delta Air Lines - BOS
Delta Air Lines - BOS (1,276 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Delta Air Lines - BOS has more employees than the Scheduled Air Transportation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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
2017 5.6 4.8 72 2 0
2016 5.6 4.9 64 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

481111 · MA · East Boston

1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 59 employers in East Boston, MA · 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 PBI West Palm Beach Airport 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR FLL FLL 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6925-HQJ 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6925-BOS 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE NBC Distributors Inc 1,276 FTE
STATE-SIZE High Point & Affiliated Organizations 1,264 FTE
STATE-SIZE HMAPF01 1,263 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Gillette Company LLC 1,294 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-BOS-BOSTON-BOS-TRML 1,570 FTE
CITY-NEAR BOS-BOSTON-TERMINAL 1,303 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swissport Ground Handling - BOS - BOS-GHA 511 FTE
CITY-NEAR BOS-SPUSA 480 FTE
NAT-TCR CC006 - South Valley-Fresno 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Nashville Hub (Tnmas) 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Leader BR 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR LifeShare Blood Center - Alexandria 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Chula Vista 1,276 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mary Greeley Medical Center 1,277 FTE
NAT-SIZE Winnebago County 1,275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Koch Foods 1,275 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: 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.