Scheduled Air Transportation · District of Columbia

Delta Air Lines - DCA

Washington, DC · ~281 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Delta Air Lines - DCA runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Scheduled Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade C.

Delta Air Lines - DCA: 3.7 TCR = 82% of Scheduled Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Delta Air Lines - DCA safety composite

Delta Air Lines - DCA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

−2.8

2016→2024

Delta Air Lines - DCA injury rate improved

Delta Air Lines - DCA's TCR fell 2.8 from 5.4 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.4 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=1.6 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 481111 · Washington, DC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 82% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO SW-20730038-CS HLN -…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 76 inj
  • SIZE ~281 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SW-20730038-CS HLN - HELENA, MT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Delta Air Lines - DCA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Delta Air Lines - DCA averages 3.7 TCR (82% 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 - DCA TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=1.6 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Delta Air Lines - DCA falls in its industry

1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to District of Columbia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Scheduled Air Transportation employers in District of Columbia.

Delta Air Lines - DCA (281 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 - DCA
Delta Air Lines - DCA (281 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Delta Air Lines - DCA 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
2024 2.6 2.6 7 0 0
2023 4.2 1.7 10 2 0
2022 3.7 2.2 10 0 0
2021 3.5 3.0 7 0 0
2019 1.6 0.7 5 0 0
2018 4.3 4.0 11 2 0
2017 4.4 2.0 12 1 0
2016 5.4 5.4 14 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

481111 · DC · Washington

1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 793 rated employers in District of Columbia with headcount on file · 748 employers in Washington, DC · 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 SW-20730038-CS HLN - HELENA, MT 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4795-PD-HVN-NEW HAVEN-PD 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SW-20730022-CS COS - COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Everett Maint Horizon 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Community Connections, Inc. 283 FTE
STATE-SIZE PEPCO- Benning Service Center 284 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2259 - Columbia Heights 284 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Hospital for Sick Children 278 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's National Medical Center 7,153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medstar Washington Hospital Center 7,073 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medstar Georgetown University Hospital 4,771 FTE
CITY-NEAR Customs and Border Protection - Headquarters 3,601 FTE
NAT-TCR MicroPrecision LLC 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Peavler Corp 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR NA-US-CA-Pomona-3880 Valley Blvd 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hebrew Home and Hospital 281 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DTP7 281 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crestron Electronics - 22 Link Drive, NJ 281 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DAT9 281 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.