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UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

10000 W. O'HARE AVE., CHICAGO, IL, 60666
Operated by United Airlines · 1 of 192 establishments
481111Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
EIN 742099724

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OSHA inspections
25
over 48 years
Violations
22
$19,150 in penalties
Penalties
$19,150
$870 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 5 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. has accumulated 22 OSHA violations across 25 inspections over 48 years of recorded history, with $19,150 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 87th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 40 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 8 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 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, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, 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
25
0.5 / yr · last 48 yrs
Violations
22
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$19,150
$870 avg / violation
41% serious59% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
20 of 25
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 25

32% 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 20 citations in this view · $19,150 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.1030 D04 II11$6,000Jul 2017Jul 2017
29 CFR 1910.1030 C01 II B11$4,000Jul 2017Jul 2017
29 CFR 1910.1030 G02 VII A11$4,000Jul 2017Jul 2017
29 CFR 1910.1030 D04 I11$2,500Jul 2017Jul 2017
29 CFR 1910.0107 G0311$800Jan 1992Jan 1992
29 CFR 1904.0032 A0111$500Aug 2003Aug 2003
29 CFR 1910.0094 C04 I11$320Feb 1985Feb 1985
29 CFR 1910.0307 B11$320Feb 1985Feb 1985
29 CFR 1910.0107 E0211$250Jan 1992Jan 1992
29 CFR 1910.0107 E0911$250Jan 1992Jan 1992
29 CFR 1910.0038 A0111$210Dec 1988Dec 1988
29 CFR 1910.1030 G02 VII D11Jul 2017Jul 2017
29 CFR 1910.1200 H02 I11Jan 1996Jan 1996
29 CFR 1910.0037 F0111Jun 1992Jun 1992
29 CFR 1910.0107 B0911Jan 1992Jan 1992
29 CFR 1910.0107 G0711Jan 1992Jan 1992
29 CFR 1910.0094 C07 I11Jan 1992Jan 1992
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0111Dec 1988Dec 1988
29 CFR 1910.0094 C05 I11Feb 1985Feb 1985
29 CFR 1910.0094 C04 II11Feb 1985Feb 1985

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

87th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 4811 within IL. Peer group: 40 employers. This establishment has 22 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
85th
peer median: $158
Inspection frequency
95th
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
0.2
vs industry
−6.2
TRIR
0.3
vs industry
−7.1

Reported for 3,850 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
0.3
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

Complaint
20
Referral
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) · Jan 2015 – Oct 2024 · 4 in last 5 years

Reports
12
Hospitalizations
11
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet

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
Oct 23, 2024Overexertion while materials moving by handAbdomen unspecifiedHospitalized
Mar 8, 2024Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving in opposite directions, oncomingLeg(s) unspecifiedHospitalized
Sep 6, 2023Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway areaLeg(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jan 22, 2022Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecifiedLower leg(s)Hospitalized
Sep 1, 2019Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadwayLower leg(s)Hospitalized
Apr 19, 2018Struck by swinging part of powered vehicleFingertip(s)Amputation
Feb 18, 2018Fall on same level, n.e.c.Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedHospitalized
Oct 24, 2017Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetGroinHospitalized
Sep 14, 2016Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetHead, unspecifiedHospitalized
Dec 14, 2015Overexertion in lifting-multiple episodesAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
Feb 1, 2015Slip on substance without fallAnkle(s)Hospitalized
Jan 20, 2015Other fall to lower level, unspecifiedMultiple cranial region locationsHospitalized

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

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 8+ years. Most recent activity: 8 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
12
Back wages owed
$0
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 · 7 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jun 2005 – Feb 201667

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 · 7 violations · $0 in backwages · 12 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Apr 2014 – Feb 2016Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationFMLA11
May 2012 – Sep 2012Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationFMLA11
Sep 2009 – Aug 2011Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1
Mar 2009 – Jun 2010Scheduled Air TransportationFMLA11
Apr 2009 – Feb 2010Scheduled Air TransportationFMLA21
Jul 2009 – Feb 2010Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1
Mar 2009 – Jun 2009Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1
Oct 2005 – Apr 2007Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationFMLA11
Feb 2006 – Sep 2006Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1
Apr 2005 – Jul 2005Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation1
Dec 2004 – Jun 2005Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationFMLA11
Oct 2004 – Dec 2004Scheduled Air Transportation1

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 IL — for United Airlines, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

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.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
13-CA-128523Unfair labor practiceMay 2014May 2014ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois

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
2
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No 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). 2 facilities · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
UNITED AIRLINES
11601 W. TOUHY AVE. · CHICAGO, IL, 60666
AirRCRANo Violation Identified20May 2023View →
UNITED AIRLINES CO.
PO BOX 66140 · CHICAGO, IL, 60666
AirNo 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

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
2018-03-13Monitoring0$0
2018-03-13Monitoring0$0
2017-12-07Unprogrammed Related0$0
2017-04-13Complaint51$16,500
2016-07-25Complaint0$0
2015-08-12Complaint0$0
2015-01-23Referral0$0
2014-11-24Complaint0$0
2014-11-24Complaint0$0
2014-07-25Complaint0$0
2012-05-18Complaint0$0
2011-05-24Complaint0$0
2003-08-05Complaint1$500
1995-11-29Complaint1$0
1992-09-01Complaint0$0
1992-03-16Unprogrammed Related11$0
1992-02-12Complaint0$0
1991-11-13Complaint63$1,300
1990-11-26Complaint0$0
1988-09-21Complaint2$210
1987-01-23Complaint0$0
1985-12-04Complaint0$0
1985-12-04Complaint0$0
1985-01-24Complaint44$640
1978-03-21Complaint2$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

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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 25 OSHA inspections on record with 22 violations and $19,150 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 0.18 compared to an industry average of 6.4.