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AMERICAN AIRLINES

JFK INTL AIRPORT, HANGER #10, JAMAICA, NY, 11430
Operated by American Airlines · 1 of 219 establishments
481212Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation
EIN 131502798

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OSHA inspections
37
over 51 years
Violations
64
$45,128 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 2 hospitalizations · 7 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

AMERICAN AIRLINES has accumulated 64 OSHA violations across 37 inspections over 51 years of recorded history, with $45,128 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 10 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

AMERICAN AIRLINES appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
37
0.7 / yr · last 51 yrs
Violations
64
1.3 / yr
Penalties
$45,128
$705 avg / violation
34% serious66% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
19 of 37
Inspection trigger · planned
8 of 37

49% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 11 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Peer comparison

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4812 within NY. Peer group: 10 employers. This establishment has 64 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
11.6
vs industry
+10.9
TRIR
13.0
vs industry
+12.0

Reported for 5,083 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.7
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
13.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
8
Complaint
19
Accident
1
Referral
6

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Jul 2015 – Aug 2024 · 4 in last 5 years

Reports
15
Hospitalizations
13
Amputations
4
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Fall on same level, n.e.c.

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Aug 23, 2024Struck by door, gate, windowMultiple internal chest locationsHospitalized
Nov 1, 2023Contact with objects and equipment, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
Apr 18, 2021Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecifiedNonclassifiableHospitalized
Apr 1, 2021Fall on same level, unspecifiedLeg(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Feb 29, 2020Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
Oct 7, 2018Fall on same level, n.e.c.Face, unspecifiedHospitalized
Dec 19, 2017Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetToes(s), toenail(s)Hospitalized
Nov 11, 2017Fall on same level, unspecifiedHead, unspecifiedHospitalized
Aug 4, 2017Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.Wrist(s)Hospitalized
Jun 13, 2017Fall on same level, n.e.c.Ankle(s)Hospitalized
Oct 10, 2016Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle partFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Jul 5, 2016Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Hospitalized
Jun 10, 2016Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
Nov 4, 2015Struck by swinging part of powered vehicleFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jul 17, 2015Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetWrist(s)Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Dec 19, 2017Fall,Fracture,Ladder,Toe11
Nov 11, 2017Elderly,Fall,Fracture,Head,Neck,Walking Surface11
Feb 1, 2000BUS,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,VEHICLE,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,MOTOR VEHICLEFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$33
Employees affected
2

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 2 violations · $33 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jan 2011 – Apr 201222$33

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; final payment may differ. 2 cases · $33 in backwages · 2 workers affected

Case periodIndustryBackwagesWorkers
Jul 2011 – Apr 2012Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation$331
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for AMERICAN AIRLINES. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for AMERICAN AIRLINES. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC)

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file for AMERICAN AIRLINES. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
2
Quarters non-compliant
10
Formal actions
1

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Significant Violation.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for AMERICAN AIRLINES. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — AMR CORPORATION (across 3 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$2.7M
Obligated (all-time)
$74.1M
Awards (all-time)
443

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-01-23Complaint0$0
2024-08-26Referral1$10,000
2019-08-23Complaint0$0
2018-01-11Referral1$9,423
2017-11-14Referral0$0
2016-10-12Referral11$7,605
2016-07-06Referral0$0
2016-06-20Referral0$0
2016-01-05Complaint0$0
2015-03-11Complaint1$0
2010-05-05Complaint0$0
2007-01-26Planned32$900
2007-01-26Planned87$3,500
2007-01-08Complaint21$2,550
2000-07-13Planned0$0
2000-02-01Accident0$0
1999-11-30Planned0$0
1999-10-14Complaint21$0
1996-10-24Complaint22$1,950
1992-09-10Complaint31$4,000
1990-03-22Complaint32$3,000
1989-11-16Complaint4$0
1988-11-02Complaint11$480
1983-07-14Complaint0$0
1982-07-16Complaint0$0
1980-12-17Complaint0$0
1979-11-23Complaint0$0
1979-03-19Planned3$0
1978-09-19Complaint0$0
1978-05-11Follow-up0$0
1978-03-13Follow-up0$0
1977-10-21Complaint0$0
1977-07-28Follow-up0$0
1977-01-18Planned173$1,000
1976-10-18Planned3$0
1975-09-17Complaint41$615
1975-01-07Planned5$105

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

AMERICAN AIRLINES is one of 219 establishments rolled up under the parent organization American Airlines.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of American Airlines across all 219 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on AMERICAN AIRLINES from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup American Airlines, which operates 219 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

Frequently asked

What is AMERICAN AIRLINES's OSHA violation history?
AMERICAN AIRLINES has 37 OSHA inspections on record with 64 violations and $45,128 in total penalties.
How does AMERICAN AIRLINES's safety record compare to its industry?
AMERICAN AIRLINES operates in the nonscheduled chartered freight air transportation industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1. AMERICAN AIRLINES's self-reported DART rate is 11.59 compared to an industry average of 0.7.
Has AMERICAN AIRLINES had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving AMERICAN AIRLINES.