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AMERICAN AIRLINES

3600 PRESIDENTIAL BLVD., AUSTIN, TX, 78719
Operated by American Airlines · 1 of 219 establishments
481111Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
EIN 131502798

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OSHA inspections
8
over 26 years
Violations
16
$19,591 in penalties
Penalties
$19,591
$1,224 avg
Accident investigations on record
6 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

AMERICAN AIRLINES has accumulated 16 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 26 years of recorded history, with $19,591 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 94th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 53 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 92nd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

AMERICAN AIRLINES appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.3 / yr · last 26 yrs
Violations
16
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$19,591
$1,224 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · planned
6 of 8
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 8

75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 15 distinct standards shown · 16 citations in this view · $19,591 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 III22$1,625Sep 1999Aug 2002
29 CFR 1904.0039 A0211$6,216Sep 2022Sep 2022
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0211$2,000Aug 2005Aug 2005
29 CFR 1910.0095 I02 I11$2,000Aug 2005Aug 2005
29 CFR 1910.0177 D04 I11$1,875Aug 2002Aug 2002
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0211$1,500Aug 2005Aug 2005
29 CFR 1910.0179 M0111$1,500Aug 2002Aug 2002
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I11$1,125Aug 1999Aug 1999
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0211$750Jul 2002Jul 2002
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0111$500Sep 1999Sep 1999
29 CFR 1910.0037 K0211$500Sep 1999Sep 1999
29 CFR 1910.0253 E05 V11Aug 2002Aug 2002
29 CFR 1910.0184 E0111Aug 2002Aug 2002
29 CFR 1910.0177 D04 II11Aug 2002Aug 2002
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II11Aug 1999Aug 1999

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

94th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 4811 within TX. Peer group: 53 employers. This establishment has 16 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
92nd
peer median: 1

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
0.8
vs industry
−5.6
TRIR
1.2
vs industry
−6.2

Reported for 1,113 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
7.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
6.4
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.2
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
6
Complaint
1
Referral
1

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) · Aug 2022

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified

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, 2022Other fall to lower level, unspecifiedPelvisHospitalized

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

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
3 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for AMERICAN AIRLINES. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

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) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for AMERICAN AIRLINES. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for AMERICAN AIRLINES. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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
2022-08-31Referral1$6,216
2007-12-06Planned0$0
2005-03-31Planned31$5,500
2002-06-25Planned65$4,500
2002-06-25Planned11$750
1999-12-01Complaint0$0
1999-08-11Planned21$1,125
1999-08-11Planned3$1,500

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

Other employers in scheduled passenger air transportation within TX, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by American Airlines, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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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.

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Frequently asked

What is AMERICAN AIRLINES's OSHA violation history?
AMERICAN AIRLINES has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 16 violations and $19,591 in total penalties.
How does AMERICAN AIRLINES's safety record compare to its industry?
AMERICAN AIRLINES operates in the scheduled passenger air transportation industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 7.4. AMERICAN AIRLINES's self-reported DART rate is 0.83 compared to an industry average of 6.4.