Scheduled Air Transportation · Texas

Delta Air Lines - IAH

Houston, TX · ~118 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Delta Air Lines - IAH runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Scheduled Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade B.

Delta Air Lines - IAH: 3.5 TCR = 78% of Scheduled Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Delta Air Lines - IAH safety composite

Delta Air Lines - IAH scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−2.2

2016→2024

Delta Air Lines - IAH injury rate improved

Delta Air Lines - IAH's TCR fell 2.2 from 3.7 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=1.8 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 481111 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.5 · 78% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #53/146
  • PHOTO Delta Air Lines - AT…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~118 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Delta Air Lines - ATL- CARGO (0.0 TCR gap)

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Delta Air Lines - IAH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Delta Air Lines - IAH averages 3.5 TCR (78% 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 - IAH TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=1.8 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Delta Air Lines - IAH falls in its industry

1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 146 Scheduled Air Transportation employers in Texas.

Delta Air Lines - IAH (118 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 - IAH
Delta Air Lines - IAH (118 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Delta Air Lines - IAH 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 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2023 5.9 5.9 8 0 0
2022 3.8 3.0 3 2 0
2021 7.6 4.8 6 2 0
2019 1.8 1.8 2 0 0
2018 3.7 2.8 4 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.7 3.7 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

481111 · TX · Houston

1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 Delta Air Lines - ATL- CARGO 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portland Maintenance Alaska 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6925-GUM 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4795-EA-HOU-HOUSTON - HOBBY-EAGLE ACS 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Village farms Marfa 2 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pintail Alternative Energy, LLC 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oncor West DOC 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE TYLER SC&TRANS 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Covered Bridge Healthcare 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amber Creek Inn 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Hospital 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Branch 4634 - Tampa 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - SAN 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gerber Plumbing Fixtures, LLC 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE GREER 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE ICAN Inc 118 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.