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DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

500 WORLD WAY, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90045
Operated by Delta Air Lines · 1 of 156 establishments
481112Scheduled Freight Air Transportation
EIN 580218533

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OSHA inspections
7
over 15 years
Violations
8
$23,285 in penalties
Penalties
$23,285
$2,911 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 hospitalizations · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. has accumulated 8 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 15 years of recorded history, with $23,285 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 90th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 100 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 91st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

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

Agency coverage

DELTA AIR LINES, 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
7
0.5 / yr · last 15 yrs
Violations
8
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$23,285
$2,911 avg / violation
13% serious87% other
Inspection trigger · accident
4 of 7
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 7

71% 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. 8 distinct standards shown · 8 citations in this view · $23,285 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
3210 C11$18,000Feb 2011Feb 2011
342(A)11$3,000Sep 2024Sep 2024
3650(T)(5)11$750Dec 2015Dec 2015
3650(T)(11)11$750Dec 2015Dec 2015
3650 T1211$410Aug 2010Aug 2010
3650(T)(17)11$375Apr 2018Apr 2018
3650(T)(12)11Dec 2015Dec 2015
3650(T)(33)11Dec 2015Dec 2015

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

90th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 4811 within CA. Peer group: 100 employers. This establishment has 8 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $745
Inspection frequency
91st
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
8.1
vs industry
+1.8
TRIR
10.7
vs industry
+3.3

Reported for 554 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
7.3
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
6.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
10.7
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

Complaint
1
Accident
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 DELTA AIR LINES, INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

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

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Jan 25, 2018Fracture,Leg,Powered Industrial Vehicle11
Nov 24, 2010AIRCRAFT,FRACTURE,HEAD,RIB,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,FACE,UNTRAINED,CONTUSION11

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
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 · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Mar 201711

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 · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Mar 2015 – Mar 2017Scheduled Air Transportation1

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 DELTA AIR LINES, 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 DELTA AIR LINES, 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 DELTA AIR LINES, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for DELTA AIR LINES, 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
DELTA AIR LINES, INC
6060 AVION DR · LOS ANGELES, CA, 90045
RCRANo Violation Identified00Apr 2013View →

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 DELTA AIR LINES, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — DELTA AIR LINES, INC. (across 6 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$68.0M
Obligated (all-time)
$630.2M
Awards (all-time)
2,500

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
2024-08-22Accident1$3,000
2022-11-15Complaint0$0
2018-02-07Accident1$375
2017-01-10Unprogrammed Related0$0
2015-07-29Accident4$1,500
2010-12-01Accident11$18,000
2010-07-14Unprogrammed Related1$410

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. is one of 156 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Delta Air Lines.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Delta Air Lines across all 156 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in scheduled freight air transportation within CA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Delta Air Lines, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on DELTA AIR LINES, 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 Delta Air Lines, which operates 156 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 DELTA AIR LINES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
DELTA AIR LINES, INC. has 7 OSHA inspections on record with 8 violations and $23,285 in total penalties.
How does DELTA AIR LINES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
DELTA AIR LINES, INC. operates in the scheduled freight air transportation industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 7.3. DELTA AIR LINES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 8.12 compared to an industry average of 6.3.