Scheduled Air Transportation · Colorado
Delta Air Lines - DEN
Denver, CO · ~254 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 5.1
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Delta Air Lines - DEN runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Scheduled Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade C.
Delta Air Lines - DEN: 5.1 TCR = 114% of Scheduled Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Delta Air Lines - DEN safety composite
Delta Air Lines - DEN scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Delta Air Lines - DEN: 4.5 → 8.6 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.53× in 2024
Delta Air Lines - DEN's TCR rose 4.0 from 4.5 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 481111 · Denver, CO ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 5.1 · 114% of ind
- DART 7.9 DART
- RANK #19/57
- PHOTO 10 AIR CANADA
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 96 inj
- SIZE ~254 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 10 AIR CANADA (0.0 TCR gap)
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Delta Air Lines - DEN in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Delta Air Lines - DEN
5.1 TCR
- 10 AIR CANADA
10 AIR CANADA
5.1 TCR
- 4795-AA-PIT-PI
4795-AA-PIT-PITTSBURGH-PIT-TRML
5.1 TCR
- Anchorage FO/I
Anchorage FO/INFL Alaska
5.1 TCR
- Delta Air Line
Delta Air Lines - JFK
5.1 TCR
What this shows Delta Air Lines - DEN averages 5.1 TCR (114% of the Scheduled Air Transportation BLS benchmark).
Delta Air Lines - DEN TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.9 · 2021=8 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 4.5
Where Delta Air Lines - DEN falls in its industry
1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation establishmentsSafer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.
Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 57 Scheduled Air Transportation employers in Colorado.
Delta Air Lines - DEN 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 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.0 | 5.6 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
481111 · CO · Denver
1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 1,757 employers in Denver, CO · 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 | 10 AIR CANADA | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4795-AA-PIT-PITTSBURGH-PIT-TRML | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Anchorage FO/INFL Alaska | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Delta Air Lines - JFK | 5.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 3D Systems - Littleton | 254 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Goodrich Corporation (Pueblo CO) | 254 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1501 - Colorado Springs East | 254 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Broadway | 254 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DEN DEN | 9,832 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6925-DEN | 6,769 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DEN - Airport United Airlines Offices | 5,277 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CO-01 | 4,581 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Duncan Aviation PVU | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AMP Robotics - P3 Solon | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mitre One | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ron Marhofer Chevrolet | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NA Mfg Lincoln | 254 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Diversey - Florence | 254 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0005 - Bloomington 79th and Penn | 254 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Forge Biologics | 254 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.