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UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

8500 PENA BLVD, DENVER, CO, 80249
Operated by United Airlines · 1 of 192 establishments
481111Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
EIN 742099724

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OSHA inspections
16
over 31 years
Violations
8
$20,240 in penalties
Penalties
$20,240
$2,530 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. has accumulated 8 OSHA violations across 16 inspections over 31 years of recorded history, with $20,240 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 74th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 28 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 months ago.

Federal records were found in 2 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, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
16
0.5 / yr · last 31 yrs
Violations
8
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$20,240
$2,530 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
10 of 16
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 16

38% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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. 6 distinct standards shown · 8 citations in this view · $20,240 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
5A000133$9,400Jan 1996Jul 2005
29 CFR 1910.0134 E0111$3,108Mar 2022Mar 2022
29 CFR 1910.0134 F0211$3,108Mar 2022Mar 2022
29 CFR 1910.0022 B0111$2,500Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IIIA11$2,125Jan 2007Jan 2007
29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 I11Jan 2007Jan 2007

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 CO. Peer group: 28 employers. This establishment has 8 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
96th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
100th
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
4.4
vs industry
−2.0
TRIR
5.2
vs industry
−2.2

Reported for 8,613 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
5.2
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
10
Accident
1
Referral
2

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) · Dec 2015 – Jun 2025 · 5 in last 5 years

Reports
7
Hospitalizations
6
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

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
Jun 22, 2025Exposure to environmental heat outdoorBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
May 27, 2025Other fall to lower level unspecifiedUpper and lower extremities n.e.c.Hospitalized
May 27, 2025Nonroadway noncollision incident n.e.c.Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecifiedHospitalized
Apr 24, 2025Fall on same level due to slip or tripHip joint(s)Hospitalized
Jan 19, 2023Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized
Jan 25, 2018Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentArm(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Dec 18, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFingertip(s)Amputation

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
Jan 30, 2005HEAD,CYLINDER,COMPRESSED GAS,MECHANIC,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,PRESSURE RELEASEFatality11

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
6 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 6 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
12
Back wages owed
$5,452
Employees affected
12

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 · 6 violations · $5,452 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Mar 2005 – Jul 2019561$5,452

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. 12 cases · 6 violations · $5,452 in backwages · 12 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jul 2018 – Jul 2019Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationFMLA21$5,452
Jun 2014 – Jun 2016Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationFMLA11
May 2014 – Jan 2015Other Support Activities for Air Transportation1
Sep 2008 – Oct 2008Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationFMLA11
Jan 2008 – Jul 2008Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1
Oct 2005 – Jun 2007Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1
May 2005 – May 2007Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1
Jul 2004 – Jul 2006Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1
Sep 2004 – Apr 2005Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1
Feb 2005 – Apr 2005Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1
Jan 2005 – Mar 2005Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationFMLA11
Nov 2004 – Mar 2005Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationFMLA11

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)

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

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for UNITED AIRLINES, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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
2025-12-19Fatality/Catastrophe0$0
2025-07-09Referral0$0
2021-12-10Complaint2$6,215
2010-09-22Complaint0$0
2008-04-16Complaint0$0
2007-09-05Complaint1$2,500
2007-04-02Referral0$0
2006-09-25Planned21$2,125
2005-01-31Accident11$7,000
2000-11-08Complaint0$0
1999-02-18Complaint11$1,600
1996-10-18Complaint0$0
1996-06-20Monitoring0$0
1995-08-25Complaint11$800
1995-07-10Complaint0$0
1995-04-06Complaint0$0

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

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

Other locations under this parent

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

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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 16 OSHA inspections on record with 8 violations and $20,240 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 4.42 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..