Scheduled Air Transportation · Illinois

Delta Air Lines - MDW

Chicago, IL · ~56 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Delta Air Lines - MDW runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Scheduled Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade A.

Delta Air Lines - MDW: 1.8 TCR = 40% of Scheduled Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Delta Air Lines - MDW safety composite

Delta Air Lines - MDW 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

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−1.6

2016→2024

Delta Air Lines - MDW injury rate improved

Delta Air Lines - MDW's TCR fell 1.6 from 1.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.6 · 2017=8.0 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=3.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 481111 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.8 · 40% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #19/58
  • PHOTO Delta Air Lines CAE
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Delta Air Lines CAE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Delta Air Lines - MDW in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Delta Air Lines - MDW averages 1.8 TCR (40% 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 - MDW TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=8 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=3.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Delta Air Lines - MDW falls in its industry

1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 58 Scheduled Air Transportation employers in Illinois.

Delta Air Lines - MDW (56 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 - MDW
Delta Air Lines - MDW (56 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Delta Air Lines - MDW 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2018 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 8.0 4.8 5 0 0
2016 1.6 1.6 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

481111 · IL · Chicago

1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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 CAE 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SLC - Airport United Airlines Offices 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kodiak Alaska - CS 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mesa Airlines, Inc. - CO 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bulk Power Operations 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norris Electric Cooperative 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 73G - Northern S - IL Gas Ops 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schaumburg Reporting Center 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Barrett Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR USA Feedyard LP 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ergon Refining, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Easton Technical Products 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - PIT 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sir Galloway Dry Cleaners Inc. 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stone Interiors LLC 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brummel Lawn & Landscape LLC 56 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.