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AMERICAN AIRLINES INC

LAGUARDIA AIRPORT TERMINAL B DITMARS BOULEVARD & 94TH ST, FLUSHING, NY, 11371
Operated by American Airlines · 1 of 219 establishments
488190Other Support Activities for Air Transportation
EIN 131502798

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OSHA inspections
27
over 53 years
Violations
54
$19,250 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
8 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

AMERICAN AIRLINES INC has accumulated 54 OSHA violations across 27 inspections over 53 years of recorded history, with $19,250 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 123 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th 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
27
0.5 / yr · last 53 yrs
Violations
54
1.0 / yr
Penalties
$19,250
$356 avg / violation
30% serious70% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
15 of 27
Inspection trigger · planned
8 of 27

52% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 8 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 28 citations in this view · $19,190 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.1001 J02 I22$1,690Jul 2004Aug 2008
29 CFR 1910.1001 K0122$1,200May 1988Jun 1989
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$1,150Dec 1980Jul 2004
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0122$540Jul 1979Dec 1980
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 02505122$160Nov 1976Jul 1979
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I22$100Nov 1976Dec 1980
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0222Aug 2008Jun 2013
29 CFR 1910.0219 E03 I22Jul 1979Dec 1980
29 CFR 1910.0037 A0311$5,000Jun 2013Jun 2013
29 CFR 1910.0036 D0111$5,000Jun 2013Jun 2013
29 CFR 1910.0305 D11$785Jul 2004Jul 2004
29 CFR 1910.0219 C02 I11$785Jul 2004Jul 2004
29 CFR 1910.0096 D0111$750Aug 1974Aug 1974
29 CFR 1910.0107 E0211$640May 1988May 1988
29 CFR 1910.0107 B05 I11$640May 1988May 1988
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0111$240Jul 1979Jul 1979
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0111$160Jul 1979Jul 1979
29 CFR 1910.0036 B0411$160Jul 1979Jul 1979
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0511$160Jul 1979Jul 1979
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0211$30Dec 1974Dec 1974

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4881 within NY. Peer group: 123 employers. This establishment has 54 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
97th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
100th
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
11.6
vs industry
+8.9
TRIR
13.0
vs industry
+8.9

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
4.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.7
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
15
Follow-up
4

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) · Jun 2022

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

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
Jun 22, 2022Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFingertip(s)Amputation

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)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

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 · 3 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Oct 202213

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. 1 case · 3 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Mar 2022 – Oct 2022Scheduled Air TransportationFMLA31

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

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
2022-03-24Complaint0$0
2013-03-22Planned3$10,000
2008-05-14Planned2$0
2008-05-14Planned32$1,310
2004-05-21Planned33$2,620
2004-05-21Planned31$380
1993-01-05Complaint0$0
1991-10-08Complaint0$0
1991-04-18Complaint0$0
1989-03-14Complaint2$1,200
1987-11-19Complaint64$1,280
1980-10-07Complaint42$500
1979-10-29Complaint1$0
1979-08-13Complaint0$0
1979-08-07Follow-up0$0
1979-07-05Planned83$1,120
1979-06-29Complaint0$0
1978-10-19Complaint0$0
1976-11-17Planned9$0
1975-02-06Follow-up0$0
1975-01-29Follow-up0$0
1974-12-17Planned5$90
1974-07-27Complaint11$750
1972-08-01Complaint0$0
1972-07-26Complaint0$0
1972-07-13Follow-up0$0
1972-07-06Complaint4$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 other support activities for air transportation within NY, 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 27 OSHA inspections on record with 54 violations and $19,250 in total penalties.
How does AMERICAN AIRLINES INC's safety record compare to its industry?
AMERICAN AIRLINES INC operates in the other support activities for air transportation industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.1. AMERICAN AIRLINES INC's self-reported DART rate is 11.59 compared to an industry average of 2.7.