MDW-GROUND OPS

Southwest Airlines

5700 S CICERO AVE EAST HANGAR, CHICAGO, IL 60638
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation (NAICS 481111)

DART 26.02 421 recordable cases · 2,141 avg employees · 2,943,545 hours worked

This establishment vs. the industry

The DART rate at this establishment is about 4.4× the industry median.

This establishment: 26.02
Industry median (Scheduled air passenger transportation, n=711): 5.86

Reported injury and illness, 2024

Fatalities0 Days-away-from-work cases223 Restricted-duty / transferred cases160 Other recordable cases38 Total recordable cases421 Days lost to injury13,976

Injury rates (per 100 FTE-year, OSHA standard)

DART rate26.02 (days away + restricted/transferred) DAFW rate15.15 (days away from work only) Total recordable rate (TRIR)28.60 (all OSHA-recordable cases) Annual average employees2,141 Total hours worked2,943,545
What these numbers mean. An OSHA-recordable case is a work-related injury or illness that resulted in death, days away from work, restricted work, transfer to another job, medical treatment beyond first aid, loss of consciousness, or significant injury diagnosed by a physician. DART rate is the OSHA-standard incidence measure — calculate it as (cases with days away + restricted/transferred) × 200,000 / hours worked. The 200,000 hours normalizes to 100 full-time-equivalent workers over a year. National average DART across all industries is around 1.7; high-risk industries (skilled nursing, warehousing, courier) routinely exceed 5.

Source: OSHA ITA 300A Summary Data, calendar year 2024 filings (downloaded 2026-05-22).

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