Industry profile · NAICS 488119

Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national)

Workplace injury rates across 1,703 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 1,555 establishments with a credible rate.

1,703
Employers
5.8
Avg TCR (rated)
4.5
BLS benchmark
28,283
Injuries (all)

TCR, interpreted

Above average

5.8 avg TCR

The industry picture

According to OSHA ITA filings (2016–2024), Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) ranks #119 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average Total Case Rate (higher TCR = more injuries per 100 workers). The 1,555 rated employers in Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) average 5.8 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.3 times the BLS national benchmark of 4.5.

#119 of 540
corpus TCR rank · ≥100 rated
5.8
avg TCR · rated subset
4.5
BLS national benchmark
1,555
rated employers

ITA inventory (1,703) and injury totals cover every reporting establishment; the average TCR is the rated subset only. Corpus rank matches /rankings/most-dangerous-industries (≥100 rated employers). BLS IIF is a separate survey population, see Methodology → Three Populations.

Where Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) sits nationally on injury rate

Average Total Case Rate, industries with ≥100 rated employers

6 Among the most dangerous lower TCR than 22% of 540 industries

Industries, banded by average TCR

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Source OSHA Injury Tracking Application (2016–2024) · 2026-09-26

Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) injury rate, 2016–2024

Industry-average TCR has fallen across this span (5.2 → 5.0) · NAICS 488119

3.544.555.56 201620172018201920202021202220232024 4.99
OSHA ITA employer_yearly, 2016-2024 · establishments with >=200,000 hours worked and a credible TCR each year (144 in the latest year shown)

What Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) Safety Data Reveals

According to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application (2016–2024), Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) ranks #119 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated establishments by rated-subset average Total Case Rate (same basis as the most-dangerous-industries ranking; higher TCR means more injuries). The Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) sector (NAICS 488119) encompasses 1,703 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 28,283 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window. The industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 5.8 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year is computed on the 1,555 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology). Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 4.5 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 5.8 is higher than the BLS benchmark, a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.

The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers, not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.

Employers in this industry, by injury rate

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Employer LocationGradeAvg TCR
FAT Fresno Yosemite International Airport Fresno, CA F 12.1
4833-66130 Orlando, FL F 12.1
Sdf United Ground Express-Sdf Louisville, KY F 12.1
Syr Syr Syracuse, NY F 12.0
Unifi Aviation Services : FAT - Fresno Fresno, CA F 12.0
4765-DENPW0716 Denver, CO F 12.0
4765-EUGPW9667 Eugene, OR F 12.0
Ewrpw9671 Ewr - as Ramp Pax Newark, NJ F 11.9
MCO-SAUSA Orlando, FL F 11.9
4765-IAHCIMNT0 Humble, TX F 11.8
Trego/Dugan Aviation Inc Cvg Hebron, KY F 11.7
4765-DFWCI3015 Dallas, TX F 11.7
Alb Alb Albany, NY F 11.7
00001301 Hnl - 301 Honolulu Intl Airport Honolulu, HI F 11.5
Swissport Fueling Services - SJC - SJC-FUE San Jose, CA F 11.5
6957-AVP Avoca, PA F 11.5
Gat - Momci Kansas City, MO F 11.5
Trego/Dugan Aviation, Inc Syr Syracuse, NY F 11.4
Remote Sorting Faciltiy Orlando, FL F 11.4
6957-RIC Richmond, VA F 11.4
LAX086 Los Angeles, CA F 11.3
Kahului Airport Kahului, HI F 11.3
Pitpw9654 Pit - Jetblue Ramp P Pittsburgh, PA F 11.2
Mem Mem Memphis, TN F 11.2
Swissport Fueling Services - MIA - MIA-FUE Miami, FL F 11.2
Swissport Cargo Services - DEN - DEN-CGO Denver, CO F 11.2
Mdt United Ground Express-Mdt Middletown, PA F 11.2
Bhm United Ground Express-Bhm Birmingham, AL F 11.2
Meridian Teterboro Teterboro, NJ F 11.2
Syr United Ground Express-Syr Syracuse, NY F 11.1
ACI Jet FBO Santa Ana, CA F 11.1
Uge Lnk Lincoln, NE F 11.1
Laspw9622 Las - Narrow Body Pax Ramp Las Vegas, NV F 11.0
Litcx0ups Lit - Ups Little Rock, AR F 11.0
Trego/Dugan Aviation, Inc Ind Indianapolis, IN F 11.0
Sheltair Aviation FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL F 10.9
6957-ORF Norfolk, VA F 10.9
4765-FATCX0UPS Fresno, CA F 10.9
Unifi Aviation Services : SDF - Louisville Louisville, KY F 10.9
Laxcmb220 Lax - B220 Los Angeles, CA F 10.9
Trego/Dugan Aviation, Inc Xna Bentonville, AR F 10.8
LAX-SCS Los Angeles, CA F 10.8
General Aviation Aircraft Service, Inc. Teterboro, NJ F 10.8
Unifi Aviation Services : PVD - Providence Warwick, RI F 10.8
North Las Vegas Airport Las Vegas, NV F 10.7
4765-MSPPW9672 Minneapolis, MN F 10.7
Phl Phl Philadelphia, PA F 10.7
4765-STLCX0DHL St. Louis, MO F 10.6
Unifi Aviation Services : BUR - Burbank Burbank, CA F 10.6
Btr Btr Baton Rouge, LA F 10.6
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Nationwide industries with similar injury rates or employer scale

Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national): nearest NAICS cohorts by rated-subset average TCR and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-industry neighborhoods, not the employer list above.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national)?

Across 1,555 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) averages 5.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 4.5.

How does Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) compare with other industries nationally?

Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) ranks #119 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average TCR (highest TCR = #1, most dangerous). That places it above 22% of ranked industries by injury rate.

How many employers report in Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national)?

1,703 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 1,555 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.

Data sourced from official public datasets, PlainSafetyScore's OSHA ITA / BLS-based industry database (2016-2024). Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore. See our methodology for details.

Working in Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national)?

This sector averages 5.8 against a BLS benchmark of 4.5 - but individual employers span the full A-to-F range.

Sector figures use the credible-subset mean across reporting employers; a benchmark is not any single establishment's measured rate.

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.

Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) Safety FAQ

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national)?

Across 1,555 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) averages 5.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 4.5.

How does Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) compare with other industries nationally?

Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) ranks #119 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average TCR (highest TCR = #1, most dangerous). That places it above 22% of ranked industries by injury rate.

How many employers report in Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national)?

1,703 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 1,555 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.