Scheduled Air Transportation · Michigan

Delta Air Lines - DTW

Detroit, MI · ~6,640 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Delta Air Lines - DTW runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Scheduled Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade C.

Delta Air Lines - DTW: 4.2 TCR = 94% of Scheduled Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Delta Air Lines - DTW safety composite

Delta Air Lines - DTW scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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 - DTW: 3.1 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2024

Delta Air Lines - DTW's TCR rose 2.0 from 3.1 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 481111 · Detroit, MI AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 4.2 · 94% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #16/36
  • PHOTO Endeavor Air, Inc. -…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 2,049 inj
  • SIZE ~6,640 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Endeavor Air, Inc. - RDU Tech Ops (0.0 TCR gap)

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Delta Air Lines - DTW in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Delta Air Lines - DTW averages 4.2 TCR (94% 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 - DTW TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=3.7 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=5 · BLS 4.5

Where Delta Air Lines - DTW falls in its industry

1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 36 Scheduled Air Transportation employers in Michigan.

Delta Air Lines - DTW (6,640 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Delta Air Lines - DTW
Delta Air Lines - DTW (6,640 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Delta Air Lines - DTW 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 5.0 4.4 327 29 0
2023 4.5 3.9 280 16 0
2022 4.3 3.5 291 26 0
2021 5.9 5.3 272 31 0
2019 3.7 3.4 240 17 0
2018 3.3 2.6 220 5 0
2017 3.8 2.6 244 9 0
2016 3.1 2.7 175 26 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

481111 · MI · Detroit

1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, MI · 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 Endeavor Air, Inc. - RDU Tech Ops 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6925-SLC 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 76040009--DFW AMER AIR CAB CLEAN 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4795-PD-BOS-BOSTON-BOS-PDMT 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE System Office - Livonia 6,768 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Michigan University 6,987 FTE
STATE-SIZE SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sterling Heights Assembly Plant 5,783 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Hospital 8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit Campus 8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson North Assembly Plant 5,123 FTE
NAT-TCR Supported Community Lifestyles Personnel Stillwater, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Palmetto Subacute 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR North Charleston Sewer District WWTP 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR KYDOC Northpoint Training Center 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Children's Hospital Colorado 6,663 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blattner Company LLC 6,665 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vidant Medical Center 6,615 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Francis Hospital, Inc. 6,668 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.