DEN-GROUND OPS

Southwest Airlines

8500 PENA BLVD SUITE E, DENVER, CO 80249
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation (NAICS 481111)

DART 20.40 385 recordable cases · 2,569 avg employees · 3,500,576 hours worked

This establishment vs. the industry

The DART rate at this establishment is about 3.5× the industry median.

This establishment: 20.40
Industry median (Scheduled air passenger transportation, n=711): 5.86

Reported injury and illness, 2024

Fatalities0 Days-away-from-work cases313 Restricted-duty / transferred cases44 Other recordable cases28 Total recordable cases385 Days lost to injury15,927

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

DART rate20.40 (days away + restricted/transferred) DAFW rate17.88 (days away from work only) Total recordable rate (TRIR)22.00 (all OSHA-recordable cases) Annual average employees2,569 Total hours worked3,500,576
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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