Airport cargo handling services · Pennsylvania

PHL Philadelphia International Airport

Philadelphia, PA · ~142 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PHL Philadelphia International Airport runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Airport cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade C.

PHL Philadelphia International Airport: 3.9 TCR = 86% of Airport cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PHL Philadelphia International Airport safety composite

PHL Philadelphia International Airport scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−4.9

2018→2023

PHL Philadelphia International Airport injury rate improved

PHL Philadelphia International Airport's TCR fell 4.9 from 7.3 in 2018 to 2.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.3 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488119 · Philadelphia, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 86% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #14/49
  • PHOTO Colorado jetCenter, …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Colorado jetCenter, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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PHL Philadelphia International Airport in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PHL Philadelphia International Airport averages 3.9 TCR (86% of the Airport cargo handling services BLS benchmark).

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

PHL Philadelphia International Airport TCR series: 2018=7.3 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 4.5

Where PHL Philadelphia International Airport falls in its industry

1,555 Airport cargo handling service establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 49 Airport cargo handling service employers in Pennsylvania.

PHL Philadelphia International Airport (142 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate PHL Philadelphia International Airport
PHL Philadelphia International Airport (142 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.5

PHL Philadelphia International Airport has more employees than the Airport cargo handling services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2023 2.4 2.4 3 0 0
2022 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 4.8 1.9 5 0 0
2020 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2019 5.5 5.0 10 0 0
2018 7.3 4.9 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488119 · PA · Philadelphia

1,555 Airport cargo handling services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,431 employers in Philadelphia, PA · 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 Colorado jetCenter, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unifi Aviation Services : MSN - Madison 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trajen Flight Support LP - IAH 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlantic Aviation - TEB 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brunner Island 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kay Builders 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franjo Construction 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smucker Company 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR FIVE BELOW INC 19,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital of University of Pennsylvania 13,423 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Hospital 9,638 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Campus 9,129 FTE
NAT-TCR Winslow Schl Dist 1 * 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Givaudan Flavors Carol Stream 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Goldberg & Rodler, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sacramento 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fiesta # 20 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fiesta # 25 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Octopi 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vancrest Health Care Centers 142 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.