Passenger air transportation, scheduled · Virginia

Mesa Airlines-IAD

Sterling, VA · ~385 workers · 2 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

Mesa Airlines-IAD runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Passenger air transportation, scheduled workplace, earning a grade A.

Mesa Airlines-IAD: 1.8 TCR = 40% of Passenger air transportation, scheduled BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mesa Airlines-IAD safety composite

Mesa Airlines-IAD scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−1.5

2017→2018

Mesa Airlines-IAD injury rate improved

Mesa Airlines-IAD's TCR fell 1.5 from 2.6 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.6 · 2018=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 481111 · Sterling, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.8 · 40% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #7/57
  • PHOTO SLC - Airport United…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~385 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SLC - Airport United Airlines Offices (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mesa Airlines-IAD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mesa Airlines-IAD averages 1.8 TCR (40% 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-IAD TCR series: 2017=2.6 · 2018=1.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Mesa Airlines-IAD falls in its industry

1,568 Passenger 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 Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 57 Passenger air transportation, employers in Virginia.

Mesa Airlines-IAD (385 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 Mesa Airlines-IAD
Mesa Airlines-IAD (385 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Mesa Airlines-IAD 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 1.1 0.8 3 1 0
2017 2.6 2.6 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

481111 · VA · Sterling

1,568 Passenger air transportation, scheduled employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 222 employers in Sterling, VA · 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 SLC - Airport United Airlines Offices 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4795-AA-CMH-COLUMBUS-CMH-TRML 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 76160008--SLCSWAWCH UNITED WHEELCHAIR 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Delta Air Lines CAE 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Amsted Rail Company, Inc. 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atlantic Diving Supply INC 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2136 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmington Country Club 385 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DDC4 868 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wegmans Dulles 007 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prospect Waterproofing Company 465 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2038 421 FTE
NAT-TCR KCP&L - Iatan Generation Facility 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR EOS Fitness - Downtown Phoenix 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ngl Water Solutions, LLC-Artesia Wells 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Business Data Services, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shire: Exton 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avera Prairie Center 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE City Hall-PW 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2415-Live Answer - Regional Centers 385 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.