Other Airport Services · New York

Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA

Jamaica, NY · ~1,043 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Other Airport Services workplace, earning a grade A.

Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA: 2.1 TCR = 47% of Other Airport Services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA safety composite

Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−0.4

2023→2024

Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA injury rate improved

Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.3 in 2023 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.3 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488119 · Jamaica, NY AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 2.1 · 47% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #32/111
  • PHOTO Humana Airport Hanger
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~1,043 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Humana Airport Hanger (0.0 TCR gap)

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Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA averages 2.1 TCR (47% of the Other Airport Services BLS benchmark).

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

Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA TCR series: 2023=2.3 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA falls in its industry

1,555 Other Airport Services establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 111 Other Airport Services employers in New York.

Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA (1,043 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 05001,0001,500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA
Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA (1,043 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Swissport Ground Handling - JFK - JFK-GHA has more employees than the Other Airport 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
2024 1.9 1.8 14 0 0
2023 2.3 1.2 25 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488119 · NY · Jamaica

1,555 Other Airport Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 222 employers in Jamaica, NY · 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 Humana Airport Hanger 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Swissport Cargo Services - JFK - JFK-CGO 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlantic Aviation - OPF 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPPAL San Diego 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lifetime Care 1,044 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel 1,041 FTE
STATE-SIZE MPM Waterford 1,046 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amphenol Aerospace 1,046 FTE
CITY-NEAR JFK Kennedy Airport 5,815 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jamaica Hospital Medical Center 3,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR JFKPW9832 JFK - PASSENGER SERV 3,637 FTE
CITY-NEAR DO & CO New York Catering Inc 1,694 FTE
NAT-TCR Lankford Construction Company 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Edgewood Manor of Greenfield 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Chamberlin Oklahoma LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE ORLEFLET 1,043 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ethicon LLC San Lorenzo 1,043 FTE
NAT-SIZE zulily (Corporate HQ) 1,043 FTE
NAT-SIZE John Deere Parts Distribution Center - Milan 1,043 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: 2024, 2023. 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.