Passenger air transportation, scheduled · Texas

Mesa Airlines-DFW

Dallas, TX · ~736 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mesa Airlines-DFW runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Passenger air transportation, scheduled workplace, earning a grade B.

Mesa Airlines-DFW: 2.6 TCR = 58% of Passenger air transportation, scheduled BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mesa Airlines-DFW safety composite

Mesa Airlines-DFW scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−0.7

2017→2018

Mesa Airlines-DFW injury rate improved

Mesa Airlines-DFW's TCR fell 0.7 from 3.0 in 2017 to 2.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.0 · 2018=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 481111 · Dallas, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 58% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #38/146
  • PHOTO MKE-TECHNICAL OPERAT…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~736 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MKE-TECHNICAL OPERATIONS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mesa Airlines-DFW in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mesa Airlines-DFW averages 2.6 TCR (58% of the Passenger air transportation, scheduled BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Mesa Airlines-DFW TCR series: 2017=3 · 2018=2.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Mesa Airlines-DFW falls in its industry

1,568 Passenger air transportation, establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 146 Passenger air transportation, employers in Texas.

Mesa Airlines-DFW (736 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 Mesa Airlines-DFW
Mesa Airlines-DFW (736 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Mesa Airlines-DFW has more employees than the Passenger air transportation, scheduled 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
2018 2.3 1.7 16 0 0
2017 3.0 2.9 21 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

481111 · TX · Dallas

1,568 Passenger air transportation, scheduled employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 2,187 employers in Dallas, TX · 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 MKE-TECHNICAL OPERATIONS 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR BNA-TECHNICAL OPERATIONS 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR JAL-SFO 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Diego Base Alaska 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brakebush Irving, Inc. 736 FTE
STATE-SIZE Raise Group Public Benefit Corporation 736 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hilcorp L48 E 737 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kent Companies Texas Office 737 FTE
CITY-NEAR AECOM DCS (US Operations) 15,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rexel USA, Inc 8,356 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1 CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER OF DALLAS 6,147 FTE
CITY-NEAR HDQ - Headquarters 5,764 FTE
NAT-TCR Infusion Solutions Inc - 1130 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Altru Building 1 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Essentra HCP Manati 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mineral Springs 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE LVCCLD 736 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kansas City Vehicle and Powertrain Operations 736 FTE
NAT-SIZE TN-Nashville Call Center 736 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jabil Circuit 736 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: 2018, 2017. 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.