Scheduled air passenger carriers · Michigan

Spirit Airlines - DTW

Detroit, MI · ~888 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Spirit Airlines - DTW runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Scheduled air passenger carriers workplace, earning a grade B.

Spirit Airlines - DTW: 3.4 TCR = 76% of Scheduled air passenger carriers BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Spirit Airlines - DTW safety composite

Spirit Airlines - DTW scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−0.9

2022→2023

Spirit Airlines - DTW injury rate improved

Spirit Airlines - DTW's TCR fell 0.9 from 3.8 in 2022 to 3.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.8 · 2023=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 481111 · Detroit, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.4 · 76% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #12/36
  • PHOTO CommuteAir - ALB Han…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~888 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CommuteAir - ALB Hangar (0.0 TCR gap)

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Spirit Airlines - DTW in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Spirit Airlines - DTW averages 3.4 TCR (76% of the Scheduled air passenger carriers BLS benchmark).

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

Spirit Airlines - DTW TCR series: 2022=3.8 · 2023=3 · BLS 4.5

Where Spirit Airlines - DTW falls in its industry

1,568 Scheduled air passenger carrie establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 36 Scheduled air passenger carrie employers in Michigan.

Spirit Airlines - DTW (888 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 Spirit Airlines - DTW
Spirit Airlines - DTW (888 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Spirit Airlines - DTW has more employees than the Scheduled air passenger carriers 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
2023 3.0 2.3 17 0 0
2022 3.8 3.5 21 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

481111 · MI · Detroit

1,568 Scheduled air passenger carriers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, MI · 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 CommuteAir - ALB Hangar 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CRP - Ground Ops 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6925-IAD 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4795-EA-DFW-DALLAS FORT WORTH-EAGLE TECH OPS 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI 887 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oakland Management Corp. 889 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Home Health 38-3206511 889 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trenton South Engine Plant 892 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Hospital 8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit Campus 8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Air Lines - DTW 6,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
NAT-TCR Super Stop & Shop 0823 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2995 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR HPN Enterprise Rent-A-Car 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR USM Store #525 (United) 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 054529-Los Angeles Ndc 888 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pfizer, Inc La Jolla 888 FTE
NAT-SIZE SOUTHWEST 888 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of St. Paul Parks and Recreation 888 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.