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SKYWEST AIRLINES INC

333 N. GENE AUTRY TRAIL, PALM SPRINGS, CA, 92262
Operated by SKYWEST INC · 1 of 40 establishments
488119Other Airport Operations
EIN 870426325

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OSHA inspections
3
over 35 years
Violations
40
$21,295 in penalties
Penalties
$21,295
$532 avg

Summary

SKYWEST AIRLINES INC has accumulated 40 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 35 years of recorded history, with $21,295 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 245 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 85th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 12 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

SKYWEST AIRLINES INC 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
3
0.1 / yr · last 35 yrs
Violations
40
1.1 / yr
Penalties
$21,295
$532 avg / violation
10% serious90% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 3

100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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 · 20 citations in this view · $20,845 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
3210 C11$8,435Dec 2013Dec 2013
1646 F11$8,435Dec 2013Dec 2013
5549 B11$750Nov 1990Nov 1990
5162 A11$750Nov 1990Nov 1990
3203 B0211$375Dec 2013Dec 2013
3203 A11$280Dec 2013Dec 2013
5416 C11$280Nov 1990Nov 1990
5417 A0111$230Nov 1990Nov 1990
3203 B0111$185Oct 1994Oct 1994
5144 B11$185Nov 1990Nov 1990
5194 H0111$140Nov 1990Nov 1990
5416 D11$115Nov 1990Nov 1990
5194 F 411$115Nov 1990Nov 1990
6151 D0411$90Nov 1990Nov 1990
4848 A0111$90Nov 1990Nov 1990
5594 B11$90Nov 1990Nov 1990
6151 C0411$90Nov 1990Nov 1990
5144 D0311$70Nov 1990Nov 1990
3664 B11$70Nov 1990Nov 1990
4834 B11$70Nov 1990Nov 1990

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 CA. Peer group: 245 employers. This establishment has 40 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
93rd
peer median: $650
Inspection frequency
85th
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
2.0
vs industry
−0.7
TRIR
2.5
vs industry
−1.6

Reported for 203 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
2.5
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
3

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 SKYWEST AIRLINES INC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 12+ years. Most recent activity: 12 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 SKYWEST AIRLINES INC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for SKYWEST 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
SKYWEST AIRLINES
210 N EL CIELO RD · PALM SPRINGS, CA, 92262
RCRANo 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 SKYWEST AIRLINES INC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — SKYWEST, INC. (across 3 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$2.0M
Awards (all-time)
38

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
2013-07-16Complaint42$17,525
1994-09-13Complaint1$185
1990-10-18Complaint352$3,585

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SKYWEST AIRLINES INC is one of 40 establishments rolled up under the parent organization SKYWEST INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of SKYWEST INC across all 40 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in other airport operations within CA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by SKYWEST INC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SKYWEST 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 SKYWEST INC, which operates 40 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 SKYWEST AIRLINES INC's OSHA violation history?
SKYWEST AIRLINES INC has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 40 violations and $21,295 in total penalties.
How does SKYWEST AIRLINES INC's safety record compare to its industry?
SKYWEST AIRLINES INC operates in the other airport operations industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.1. SKYWEST AIRLINES INC's self-reported DART rate is 1.97 compared to an industry average of 2.7.