Scheduled Air Transportation · Illinois

Delta Air Lines - ORD

Chicago, IL · ~378 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Delta Air Lines - ORD runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Scheduled Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade C.

Delta Air Lines - ORD: 3.8 TCR = 85% of Scheduled Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Delta Air Lines - ORD safety composite

Delta Air Lines - ORD scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−0.8

2016→2024

Delta Air Lines - ORD injury rate improved

Delta Air Lines - ORD's TCR fell 0.8 from 3.7 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=2.4 · 2021=5.0 · 2022=7.0 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #29/58
  • PHOTO Delta Air Lines - BZN
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 107 inj
  • SIZE ~378 FTE

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

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Delta Air Lines - ORD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Delta Air Lines - ORD averages 3.8 TCR (85% 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 - ORD TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=2 · 2019=2.4 · 2021=5 · 2022=7 · 2023=4 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Delta Air Lines - ORD falls in its industry

1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation establishments

Safer than 68% 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 #29 safest of 58 Scheduled Air Transportation employers in Illinois.

Delta Air Lines - ORD (378 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 - ORD
Delta Air Lines - ORD (378 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Delta Air Lines - ORD 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 2.9 2.4 11 0 0
2023 4.0 3.5 14 1 0
2022 7.0 4.4 25 2 0
2021 5.0 4.3 14 1 0
2019 2.4 1.5 10 0 0
2018 2.0 1.5 7 1 0
2017 3.4 1.3 13 0 0
2016 3.7 2.7 13 2 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 - BZN 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4795-PD-MDT-HARRISBURG-MDT-PDMT 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SW-20730207-IF MSP - MINNEAPOLIS 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR RAI Crew CMH 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corporate Communications 378 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advocate Physician Partners 378 FTE
STATE-SIZE KBI/Pentair Commercial Services 378 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bartlett Park District 378 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 Delta Air Lines - BZN 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Vienna Plant 47 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Alliance Mill Consulting Inc 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Facility Site Contractors, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mental Health America of Los Angeles 378 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rockline Industries-Booneville 378 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schulte Building Systems, Inc.-Hockley 378 FTE
NAT-SIZE Larson Mfg. LLC 378 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.