Continental Airlines safety record at a glance
Continental Airlines has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 28, 2000 and Dec 21, 2010. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $31,195 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $9,120. The largest single penalty, $5,000, came from an inspection opened Jun 6, 2009 in San Jose. That places the employer at #16,082 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Accommodation and Food Services. Worksites in Los Angeles, Santa Ana, San Jose, San Francisco.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2010 | Los Angeles | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 3, 2011 |
| Feb 24, 2010 | Santa Ana | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 4, 2010 |
| Jun 6, 2009 | San Jose | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $5,000 | Dec 25, 2010 |
| Aug 28, 2008 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 9, 2008 |
| Jul 26, 2004 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $5,400 | $450 | Aug 9, 2005 |
| Nov 18, 2002 | Los Angeles | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $7,125 | $3,000 | Mar 6, 2003 |
| Aug 29, 2002 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Nov 12, 2002 |
| May 3, 2000 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Oct 31, 2000 |
| Apr 28, 2000 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Oct 18, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Continental Airlines Inc; Continental Airlines - Chelsea Food Services.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $600
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 3337: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
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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 Continental 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.