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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY

5757 WAYNE NEWTON BLVD., LAS VEGAS, NV, 89109
Operated by Southwest Airlines · 1 of 116 establishments
481111Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
EIN 741563240

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OSHA inspections
8
over 32 years
Violations
17
$10,288 in penalties
Penalties
$10,288
$605 avg

Summary

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY has accumulated 17 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 32 years of recorded history, with $10,288 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 96th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 27 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 96th percentile. The most recent 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 COMPANY 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
8
0.3 / yr · last 32 yrs
Violations
17
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$10,288
$605 avg / violation
65% serious35% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 8
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 8

38% 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. 17 distinct standards shown · 17 citations in this view · $10,288 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 B11$1,875Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$1,594Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 XIIIC11$1,125Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211$1,125Nov 1994Nov 1994
29 CFR 1910.0110 F02 I11$1,063Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0511$956Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 IIB11$956Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0111$956Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0178 L04 IIB11$638Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I11Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0178 M05 III11Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0304 G0511Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0038 B11Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0211Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 IB11Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 6180.3760111Nov 1996Nov 1996
29 CFR 1910.0147 C0111Nov 1996Nov 1996

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

96th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4811 within NV. Peer group: 27 employers. This establishment has 17 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
92nd
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
96th
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
13.4
vs industry
+7.1
TRIR
15.6
vs industry
+8.2

Reported for 1,148 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
15.6
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
5
Referral
1

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 COMPANY. 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 COMPANY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY. 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
2012-06-19Complaint0$0
2009-09-14Planned1410$9,163
2000-10-05Complaint0$0
1996-07-25Referral2$0
1996-07-25Unprogrammed Related0$0
1994-07-14Complaint11$1,125
1993-11-16Complaint0$0
1993-09-09Complaint0$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 COMPANY 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

Other employers in scheduled passenger air transportation within NV, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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 COMPANY 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 COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 17 violations and $10,287.5 in total penalties.
How does SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY operates in the scheduled passenger air transportation industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 7.4. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 13.45 compared to an industry average of 6.4.