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UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NEWARK, NJ, 07114
Operated by United Airlines · 1 of 192 establishments
481111Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation

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OSHA inspections
11
over 49 years
Violations
30
$16,650 in penalties
Penalties
$16,650
$555 avg
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 4 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. has accumulated 30 OSHA violations across 11 inspections over 49 years of recorded history, with $16,650 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 95th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 20 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, FMCSA motor carrier registration, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
11
0.2 / yr · last 49 yrs
Violations
30
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$16,650
$555 avg / violation
7% serious93% other
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 11
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 11

45% 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 · 24 citations in this view · $16,650 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$5,065Nov 1976May 2006
29 CFR 1904.0007 B0321$2,000Jun 2010Jun 2010
29 CFR 1904.0007 B0422$2,000May 2008Jun 2010
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0121$2,000Jun 2010Jun 2010
5A000111$4,125Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1904.0004 A11$1,000Jun 2010Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$60Nov 1976Nov 1976
29 CFR 1910.0263 E02 V11$55Nov 1976Nov 1976
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 02504511$50Nov 1976Nov 1976
29 CFR 1910.0106 D04 IV11$50Nov 1976Nov 1976
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$50Nov 1976Nov 1976
29 CFR 1910.0107 B05 IV11$45Nov 1976Nov 1976
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 IVA11$30Nov 1976Nov 1976
29 CFR 1910.0263 C0311$30Nov 1976Nov 1976
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$30Nov 1976Nov 1976
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$30Nov 1976Nov 1976
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$30Nov 1976Nov 1976
29 CFR 1910.1020 E01 I11May 2006May 2006
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0411Nov 1976Nov 1976
29 CFR 1910.0036 D0111Nov 1976Nov 1976

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

95th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4811 within NJ. Peer group: 20 employers. This establishment has 30 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
79th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
95th
peer median: 2

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
16.9
vs industry
+10.5
TRIR
16.9
vs industry
+9.5

Reported for 100 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
16.9
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
4
Complaint
2
Referral
2
Follow-up
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Aug 2016 – Mar 2025 · 3 in last 5 years

Reports
12
Hospitalizations
10
Amputations
3
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Mar 13, 2025Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetBrainHospitalized
Dec 23, 2022Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadwayNonclassifiableHospitalized
Feb 27, 2022Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetKnee(s)Hospitalized
Nov 27, 2019Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Jan 30, 2019Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episodeKnee(s)Hospitalized
May 21, 2018Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecifiedNonclassifiableHospitalized
Jun 21, 2017Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jun 2, 2017Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFingertip(s)Amputation
Apr 20, 2017Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incidentLower leg(s)Hospitalized
Jan 26, 2017Struck by swinging part of powered vehicleFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Aug 20, 2016Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFingertip(s)Amputation
Aug 4, 2016Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

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

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Jul 11, 2024Ascending,Fall,Fall From Elevation,Fracture,Ladder,Lost Balance,RibFatality11

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
3
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
5

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 · 3 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Oct 201813

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. 3 cases · 3 violations · $0 in backwages · 5 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Mar 2017 – Oct 2018Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationFMLA32
Jan 2013 – Feb 2013Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1
Dec 2011 – Jun 2012Scheduled Air Transportation2

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 UNITED AIRLINES, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in NJ — for United 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 United 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
22-CA-386270Unfair labor practiceApr 2026Jun 2026ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-302727Unfair labor practiceSep 2022Sep 2022ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey

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 UNITED AIRLINES, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
3
Quarters non-compliant
12

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.

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). 3 facilities · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
UNITED AIRLINES INC
1 TERM C-EWREN · NEWARK, NJ, 07114
RCRANo Violation Identified10Jul 2023View →
UNITED AIRLINES INC
NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT · NEWARK CITY, NJ, 07114
WaterViolation Identified
QNCR 12
20Sep 2022View →
UNITED AIRLINES INC
HANGAR 14 NEWARK AIRPORT · NEWARK, NJ, 07114
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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
3292085
Operation
C

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$17.3M
Disposition
NP
Crime type
Fraud - General

First case: 2021-02-25. Most recent: 2021-02-25. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — UNITED CONTINENTAL HOLDINGS, INC. (across 8 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$6.9M
Obligated (all-time)
$230.3M
Awards (all-time)
1,450

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
2024-07-15Fatality/Catastrophe0$0
2022-12-29Referral0$0
2015-12-03Referral11$4,125
2013-12-20Unprogrammed Other0$0
2010-01-05Planned6$7,000
2008-01-11Planned1$0
2006-03-07Complaint21$5,000
1986-10-17Complaint0$0
1978-11-17Planned0$0
1977-01-04Follow-up0$0
1976-10-06Planned20$525

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. is one of 192 establishments rolled up under the parent organization United Airlines.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of United Airlines across all 192 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 UNITED 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 United Airlines, which operates 192 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 UNITED AIRLINES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
UNITED AIRLINES, INC. has 11 OSHA inspections on record with 30 violations and $16,650 in total penalties.
How does UNITED AIRLINES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
UNITED AIRLINES, INC. operates in the scheduled passenger air transportation industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 7.4. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 16.92 compared to an industry average of 6.4.
Has UNITED AIRLINES, INC. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving UNITED AIRLINES, INC..