Scheduled Air Transportation · Washington
Delta Air Lines - SEA
Seattle, WA · ~3,670 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Delta Air Lines - SEA runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Scheduled Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade C.
Delta Air Lines - SEA: 4.8 TCR = 106% of Scheduled Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Delta Air Lines - SEA safety composite
Delta Air Lines - SEA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 3.68 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 - SEA: 3.5 → 4.2 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2024
Delta Air Lines - SEA's TCR rose 0.6 from 3.5 in 2017 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 481111 · Seattle, WA ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade C · TCR 4.8 · 106% of ind
- DART 3.7 DART
- RANK #10/39
- PHOTO SW-20730075-IF-SW SL…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 1,169 inj
- SIZE ~3,670 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: SW-20730075-IF-SW SLC - SALT LAKE CITY, UT - SW (0.0 TCR gap)
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Delta Air Lines - SEA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Delta Air Lines - SEA
4.8 TCR
- SW-20730075-IF
SW-20730075-IF-SW SLC - SALT LAKE CITY, UT - SW
4.8 TCR
- 6925-ORD
6925-ORD
4.8 TCR
- 1004-52 GoJet
1004-52 GoJet DTW Maint
4.8 TCR
- 4795-PS-TYS-KN
4795-PS-TYS-KNOXVILLE-PS
4.8 TCR
What this shows Delta Air Lines - SEA averages 4.8 TCR (106% of the Scheduled Air Transportation BLS benchmark).
Delta Air Lines - SEA TCR series: 2017=3.5 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=4.7 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 4.5
Where Delta Air Lines - SEA falls in its industry
1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation establishmentsSafer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 39 Scheduled Air Transportation employers in Washington.
Delta Air Lines - SEA 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 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 179 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 259 | 12 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 185 | 10 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 139 | 15 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 155 | 11 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 143 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 109 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
481111 · WA · Seattle
1,568 Scheduled Air Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 1,279 employers in Seattle, WA · 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 | SW-20730075-IF-SW SLC - SALT LAKE CITY, UT - SW | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6925-ORD | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 1004-52 GoJet DTW Maint | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4795-PS-TYS-KNOXVILLE-PS | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Tacoma | 3,689 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tacoma General Hospital (Companied 10 & 20) | 3,718 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Western Washington University | 3,794 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hawthorn Senior Living | 3,847 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UW Seattle | 32,378 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The United States of America | 25,000 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Starz Entertainment | 25,000 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UW Medical Center - Montlake and NW | 11,307 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Soli Organic Inc. - Jefferson | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Farm and Fleet of Davenport | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | K&W Underground, INC. | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2243 - Grand Prairie S | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Intuitive | 3,670 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - AKC1 | 3,669 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Detroit Assembly Complex Mack | 3,669 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Regeneron - Industrial Operations and Product Supply (IOPS) | 3,669 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.