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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.

900 AIRLINE DR., KENNER, LA, 70141
Operated by Southwest Airlines · 1 of 116 establishments
481111Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
EIN 741563240

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OSHA inspections
3
over 24 years
Violations
7
$3,350 in penalties
Penalties
$3,350
$479 avg
Accident investigations on record
3 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. has accumulated 7 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 24 years of recorded history, with $3,350 in total assessed penalties.

The most recent federal enforcement activity was recorded 14 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. 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 24 yrs
Violations
7
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$3,350
$479 avg / violation
29% serious71% other
Inspection trigger · planned
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. 7 distinct standards shown · 7 citations in this view · $3,350 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$1,575Feb 2012Feb 2012
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211$1,275May 2002May 2002
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0211$500Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0303 F0211Feb 2012Feb 2012
29 CFR 1910.0305 B02 I11Feb 2012Feb 2012
29 CFR 1910.1020 G01 I11Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0095 D0111Jun 2002Jun 2002

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.

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
13.1
vs industry
+6.7
TRIR
17.1
vs industry
+9.7

Reported for 193 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
17.1
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
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 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 14+ years. Most recent activity: 14 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 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.. 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 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.. 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
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
900 AIRLINE HWY CONCOURSE B · KENNER, LA, 70141
WaterNo 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 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. (across 2 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$23.5M
Obligated (all-time)
$335.5M
Awards (all-time)
4,122

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
2012-01-17Planned31$1,575
2001-12-18Planned3$500
2001-12-18Planned11$1,275

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. is one of 116 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Southwest Airlines.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Southwest Airlines across all 116 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. 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 Southwest Airlines, which operates 116 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 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.'s OSHA violation history?
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 7 violations and $3,350 in total penalties.
How does SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.'s safety record compare to its industry?
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. operates in the scheduled passenger air transportation industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 7.4. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.'s self-reported DART rate is 13.14 compared to an industry average of 6.4.