Scheduled Air Transportation · North Carolina
Delta Air Lines - RDU
Raleigh, NC · ~273 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Delta Air Lines - RDU runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Scheduled Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade C.
Delta Air Lines - RDU: 4.3 TCR = 96% of Scheduled Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Delta Air Lines - RDU safety composite
Delta Air Lines - RDU scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 3.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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 - RDU: 2.3 → 5.1 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.86× in 2024
Delta Air Lines - RDU's TCR rose 2.7 from 2.3 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 481111 · Raleigh, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.3 · 96% of ind
- DART 3.7 DART
- RANK #17/46
- PHOTO 4795-EA-AMA-AMARILLO…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 90 inj
- SIZE ~273 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 4795-EA-AMA-AMARILLO-AMA-TRML (0.0 TCR gap)
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Delta Air Lines - RDU in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Delta Air Lines - RDU
4.3 TCR
- 4795-EA-AMA-AM
4795-EA-AMA-AMARILLO-AMA-TRML
4.3 TCR
- Houston Airpor
Houston Airport
4.3 TCR
- PHX-PHOENIX-RE
PHX-PHOENIX-RESERVATIONS
4.3 TCR
- SFO SFO
SFO SFO
4.3 TCR
What this shows Delta Air Lines - RDU averages 4.3 TCR (96% of the Scheduled Air Transportation BLS benchmark).
Delta Air Lines - RDU TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=3.5 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 4.5
Where Delta Air Lines - RDU falls in its industry
1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation establishmentsSafer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 46 Scheduled Air Transportation employers in North Carolina.
Delta Air Lines - RDU 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 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
481111 · NC · Raleigh
1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 973 employers in Raleigh, NC · 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 | 4795-EA-AMA-AMARILLO-AMA-TRML | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Houston Airport | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PHX-PHOENIX-RESERVATIONS | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SFO SFO | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Gamewell Mechanical, LLC | 273 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McGuire Nuclear Plant | 273 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw) | 273 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Box Board Products | 273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Headway Workforce Solutions | 13,936 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NC State University | 11,491 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UNC Rex Healthcare | 7,282 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SECU | 6,283 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Rome LTD dba Rome Grinding Solutions | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | United Regional Health Care System | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | R. F. Chamberland, Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Car Wash 8111 | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Loves Park | 273 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - DBU1 | 273 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Edelbrock Group, LLC | 273 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BASF Corporation | 273 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.