Human Rights & Social Sustainability
DART (Days Away, Restricted or Transferred)
An OSHA safety metric measuring workplace injuries and illnesses serious enough to cause days away from work, restricted duty or job transfer.
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DART stands for Days Away, Restricted or Transferred. The DART rate is calculated as the number of recordable DART cases multiplied by 200,000 (the hours worked by 100 full-time employees in a year), divided by total employee hours worked, under OSHA recordkeeping rules (29 CFR Part 1904). The US private-industry average has run around 1.4–1.5 cases per 100 workers in recent BLS data.
References
formula and 29 CFR 1904 basis
recent benchmark (~1.4)
Overview
What it means
A lagging but standardised indicator of injury severity — how often incidents are serious enough to remove or restrict a worker.
How it is used
Companies report DART in safety and sustainability disclosures; investors, customers and auditors use it to compare occupational-safety performance across firms and sectors.
Why it matters
DART is one of the most widely disclosed workforce-safety metrics in ESG reporting and supplier qualification.
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