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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO

2627 N HOLLYWOOD WAY, BURBANK, CA, 91505
Operated by Southwest Airlines · 1 of 116 establishments
481111Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
EIN 741563240

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OSHA inspections
6
over 31 years
Violations
4
$1,910 in penalties
Penalties
$1,910
$478 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 hospitalizations

Summary

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 31 years of recorded history, with $1,910 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 74th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 100 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 89th 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

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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
6
0.2 / yr · last 31 yrs
Violations
4
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$1,910
$478 avg / violation
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 6
Inspection trigger · accident
2 of 6

33% 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. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $1,910 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
3328(G)11$935Oct 2018Oct 2018
3664 A0711$450Feb 2002Feb 2002
342 A11$375Feb 2002Feb 2002
3664 A11$150Feb 2002Feb 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.

Peer comparison

74th

Above average violations in NAICS 4811 within CA. Peer group: 100 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
60th
peer median: $745
Inspection frequency
89th
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
16.8
vs industry
+10.4
TRIR
20.3
vs industry
+12.8

Reported for 199 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
20.3
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
3
Accident
2

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

OSHA accident events

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

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
May 14, 2018Battery,Caught Between,Crushed,Electrical,Finger,Towed Equipment11
Aug 16, 2001CHOCK,AIRCRAFT,AMPUTATED,RAMP,FINGER,STRUCK BY,TOW TRUCK11

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
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)

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)

Company-level in CA — for Southwest Airlines, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other Southwest Airlines locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
20-CA-363255Unfair labor practiceApr 2025Apr 2025ClosedRegion 20, San Francisco, California
31-CA-167683Unfair labor practiceJan 2016Jan 2016ClosedRegion 31, Los Angeles, California

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

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
2627 HOLLYWOOD WAY BLDG 9 · BURBANK, CA, 91505
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 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
2022-08-17Complaint0$0
2018-10-08Accident1$935
2013-10-07Complaint0$0
2001-09-21Accident3$975
1995-09-13Complaint0$0
1995-05-17Planned0$0

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

Other establishments operated by Southwest Airlines, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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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 6 OSHA inspections on record with 4 violations and $1,910 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 16.78 compared to an industry average of 6.4.