Scheduled Air Transportation · Kentucky

Delta Air Lines - LEX

Lexington, KY · ~31 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Delta Air Lines - LEX runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Scheduled Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade A.

Delta Air Lines - LEX: 1.6 TCR = 36% of Scheduled Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Delta Air Lines - LEX safety composite

Delta Air Lines - LEX scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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

−6.5

2016→2024

Delta Air Lines - LEX injury rate improved

Delta Air Lines - LEX's TCR fell 6.5 from 6.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 481111 · Lexington, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/25
  • PHOTO Raleigh-Durham
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Raleigh-Durham (0.0 TCR gap)

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Delta Air Lines - LEX in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Delta Air Lines - LEX averages 1.6 TCR (36% 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 - LEX TCR series: 2016=6.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Delta Air Lines - LEX falls in its industry

1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 25 Scheduled Air Transportation employers in Kentucky.

Delta Air Lines - LEX (31 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 - LEX
Delta Air Lines - LEX (31 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Delta Air Lines - LEX has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.5 3.2 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

481111 · KY · Lexington

1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 652 employers in Lexington, KY · 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 Raleigh-Durham 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR DEN - Flight Ops 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR DAL-FLIGHT OPS 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MSY New Orleans Airport 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hwy 64 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Big Sandy 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Carlisle 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Geothermal Earthworks Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County 11,013 FTE
CITY-NEAR UK Healthcare 9,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central KY - Gatton Beaumont 3,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central Ky - High Street 3,895 FTE
NAT-TCR Gebhardt USA 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Abscope Environmental Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 5243 - Fort Collins 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Wilkes Plumbing and Heating 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Columbus Homewood Suites 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Republic Services of Kerrville, Allied Waste Division 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Taffera Fine Building & Finishes 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chapman Trucking Inc 31 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.