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AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

4000 E SKY HARBOR BLVD, PHOENIX, AZ, 85034
Operated by American Airlines · 1 of 219 establishments
481111Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
EIN 131502798

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OSHA inspections
5
over 52 years
Violations
11
$375 in penalties
Penalties
$375
$34 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. has accumulated 11 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 52 years of recorded history, with $375 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 95th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 21 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and WHD wage enforcement records only. No matching records were found in 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.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
5
0.1 / yr · last 52 yrs
Violations
11
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$375
$34 avg / violation
9% serious91% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
4 of 5
Inspection trigger · planned
1 of 5

40% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 11 distinct standards shown · 11 citations in this view · $375 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0305 J01 I11$375Aug 1995Aug 1995
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 II11Sep 2014Sep 2014
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IV11Sep 2014Sep 2014
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0411Aug 1995Aug 1995
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911Aug 1995Aug 1995
29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 II11Aug 1995Aug 1995
29 CFR 1910.0334 A02 I11Aug 1995Aug 1995
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0111Aug 1995Aug 1995
29 CFR 1910.0334 A02 II11Aug 1995Aug 1995
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0111Aug 1995Aug 1995
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0511Aug 1995Aug 1995

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

95th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4811 within AZ. Peer group: 21 employers. This establishment has 11 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
85th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
95th
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
0.3
vs industry
−6.1
TRIR
0.3
vs industry
−7.1

Reported for 387 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
0.3
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
1
Complaint
4

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

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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)

Cases
5
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
7

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 · 6 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jan 2016 – Nov 202246

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; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 5 cases · 6 violations · $0 in backwages · 7 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jun 2023Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1
Jun 2022 – Nov 2022Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationFMLA11
Jul 2017 – Jul 2020Scheduled Air TransportationFMLA11
Jul 2014 – Jul 2016Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationFMLA33
Jul 2015 – Jan 2016Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationFMLA11

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.. 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, INC.. 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, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

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

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
AMERICAN AIRLINES
3400 E SKY HARBOR BLVD · PHOENIX, AZ, 85034
WaterRCRANo Violation Identified00View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.. 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
2015-07-31Complaint0$0
2014-08-08Complaint0$0
2014-08-08Complaint2$0
1995-07-10Complaint91$375
1974-02-01Planned0$0

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, INC. 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 AZ, 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, INC. 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, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 11 violations and $375 in total penalties.
How does AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. operates in the scheduled passenger air transportation industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 7.4. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0.26 compared to an industry average of 6.4.