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American Airlines Cal/OSHA Inspections and Citations

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

American Airlines: 52 inspections, 37 citations and $49,360 in penalties, 1 death investigated, latest opened Jun 6, 2024.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

American Airlines safety record at a glance

American Airlines has been the subject of 52 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 9, 2000 and Jun 6, 2024. 31 of them were accident inspections. 24 of them produced citations, 37 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $77,700 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $49,360. The largest single penalty, $19,000, came from an inspection opened Nov 29, 2007 in Los Angeles. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,522 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 4 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 8 federal wage and hour cases.

Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Westchester, San Bruno, San Jose, Santa Ana.

Every inspection, newest first

Click a date for the citations in that inspection.

OpenedCityWhyResultProposedPenaltyClosed
Jun 6, 2024San FranciscoAccidentno citations00Jul 1, 2024
Feb 15, 2023Los AngelesAccident1 citation$5,000$3,000Mar 26, 2025
Aug 23, 2022San FranciscoAccidentno citations00Oct 10, 2022
Sep 17, 2021San DiegoAccidentno citations00Nov 29, 2021
Apr 15, 2021Los AngelesAccident1 citation00Oct 11, 2021
Apr 15, 2021Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Oct 4, 2021
Feb 12, 2020WestchesterAccidentno citations00Jun 10, 2021
Feb 12, 2019Los AngelesAccident2 citations$5,420$3,325May 17, 2021
May 1, 2018San FranciscoAccident1 citation$450$450Dec 11, 2018
Mar 29, 2017Los AngelesAccidentno citations00May 17, 2017
Mar 8, 2016San BrunoAccidentno citations00Apr 6, 2016
Jul 24, 2012Los AngelesComplaint1 citation$900$225Mar 18, 2014
May 25, 2012Los AngelesAccident1 citation$8000Sep 27, 2012
Dec 16, 2011Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Feb 22, 2012
Mar 14, 2011Los AngelesComplaint2 citations$750$750Aug 3, 2011
Mar 2, 2011Los AngelesComplaint3 citations 1 serious$7,125$3,000Feb 5, 2019
Sep 22, 2010San FranciscoAccidentno citations00Feb 16, 2011
Apr 19, 2010San DiegoAccidentno citations00May 10, 2010
Nov 9, 2009Los AngelesAccident1 citation 1 serious$9,560$4,725Jul 31, 2010
Apr 14, 2009San FranciscoComplaint1 citation$300$300Jun 27, 2009
Dec 23, 2008San JoseAccidentno citations00Mar 23, 2009
Jul 2, 2008Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Oct 24, 2008
Mar 27, 2008San FranciscoComplaintno citations00Jun 11, 2009
Nov 29, 2007Los AngelesAccident2 citations 1 serious$27,500$19,000May 13, 2008
Aug 31, 2007San JoseComplaintno citations00Sep 25, 2007
Jun 19, 2007San JoseAccident1 citation$600$600Oct 30, 2008
Apr 12, 2007San JoseComplaint2 citations$750$750Oct 30, 2008
Jan 17, 2007San FranciscoComplaint3 citations$4,200$800Mar 31, 2007
Sep 25, 2006San DiegoComplaintno citations00Jun 26, 2009
Sep 6, 2006San JoseComplaintno citations00Sep 28, 2006
Aug 31, 2006San FranciscoComplaintno citations00Nov 3, 2006
Mar 21, 2006San JoseComplaintno citations00Apr 24, 2006
Oct 5, 2005Santa AnaAccidentno citations00Jan 10, 2006
Sep 28, 2005San FranciscoAccident1 citation$1850Feb 6, 2006
Sep 21, 2005Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Jul 18, 2006
Oct 5, 2004San JoseAccident1 citation$5,000$5,000Jul 24, 2006
Oct 1, 2004Los AngelesAccident2 citations$5,375$5,150Jan 17, 2006
Aug 31, 2004San JoseComplaint1 citation$3000Mar 2, 2006
May 21, 2004San FranciscoComplaintno citations00Aug 4, 2004
Mar 24, 2004San FranciscoComplaint3 citations$600$450Jun 30, 2005
Oct 30, 2003Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Mar 10, 2004
Jan 10, 2003San FranciscoComplaintno citations00Mar 17, 2003
Aug 2, 2002Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Jan 10, 2003
Jul 22, 2002Los AngelesAccident2 citations$1,800$750Aug 27, 2008
Jun 20, 2001Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Nov 20, 2001
Jun 1, 2001San JoseComplaint1 citation$300$300Aug 12, 2004
Nov 14, 2000San FranciscoAccidentno citations00Aug 2, 2001
Jul 13, 2000Los AngelesComplaint1 citation$185$185Oct 20, 2006
Jul 5, 2000San FranciscoComplaintno citations00Jul 21, 2000
Jun 30, 2000San FranciscoComplaintno citations00Nov 20, 2000
Jun 20, 2000San FranciscoAccidentdeath 1 citation$300$300Oct 31, 2000
Mar 9, 2000Los AngelesComplaint2 citations$300$300Jul 7, 2000

Also recorded as: American Airlines Inc; American Airlines, Inc.

The rules this employer was cited under

Accidents investigated

Apr 7, 2021, Los Angeles. Employee falls from electric cart, sustaining concussion 1 hospitalized Inspection
Apr 4, 2021, Los Angeles. Employee falls resulting in skull fracture and brain bleed 1 hospitalized Inspection
Feb 3, 2020, Westchester. Employee fractures leg when struck by fleet service vehicle 1 hospitalized Inspection
Feb 2, 2019, Los Angeles. Employee falls from tug while having seizure and sustains co 1 hospitalized Inspection
Apr 22, 2018, San Francisco. Employee catches leg between bollard and tug and fractures i 1 hospitalized Inspection
Mar 18, 2017, Los Angeles. Airport ramp operations worker sustains fractures in chest 1 hospitalized Inspection
Dec 4, 2011, Los Angeles. Employee Slips and Falls, Sustains Multiple Injuries 1 hospitalized Inspection
Aug 6, 2010, San Francisco. Employee Partially Amputates Finger While Operating Saw 1 hospitalized Inspection
Feb 19, 2010, San Diego. Employee's Fingertip Is Injured in Valve, Is Later Amputated 1 hospitalized Inspection
Oct 27, 2009, Los Angeles. Employee's Finger Is Crushed by Jet Engine, Later Amputated 1 hospitalized Inspection
Dec 10, 2008, San Jose. Employee's Finger Is Amputated by Equipment 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jun 24, 2008, Los Angeles. Employee Fractures Foot When Run-Over by Plane Tire 1 hospitalized Inspection
Nov 17, 2007, Los Angeles. Employee Amputates Fingers While Working Baggage Conveyor 1 hospitalized Inspection
May 30, 2007, San Jose. Employee Is Injured in Fall from Conveyor Belt 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jul 29, 2005, Santa Ana. Employee is injured in fall from stairs 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jun 20, 2005, Los Angeles. Employee Is Injured by Airplane Electric Belt Loader 1 hospitalized Inspection
Sep 24, 2004, Los Angeles. Employee Fractures Ankle in Fall from Elevated Platform 1 hospitalized Inspection
Sep 17, 2004, San Jose. Employee fractures leg when he falls from a truck 1 hospitalized Inspection
Oct 7, 2003, Los Angeles. Employee's ankle run over by bag tractor 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jul 18, 2002, Los Angeles. Employee's Finger Lacerated When Struck by Falling Container 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jun 18, 2000, San Francisco. Employee killed when crushed by baggage cart 1 death Inspection

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How to read this record

Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.

Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.

Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.

If you work, or worked, at American Airlines

Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 1, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.

About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.

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