Delta Air Lines, Inc. safety record at a glance
Delta Air Lines, Inc. has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 14, 2010 and Dec 29, 2025. 6 of them were accident inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $86,415 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $78,265. The largest single penalty, $36,980, came from an inspection opened Dec 29, 2025 in San Francisco. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #691 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: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Ana, Westchester.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2025 | San Francisco | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $36,980 | $36,980 | open |
| Aug 22, 2024 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | open |
| Aug 5, 2023 | San Francisco | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 18, 2024 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Santa Ana | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Sep 27, 2023 |
| Nov 15, 2022 | Los Angeles | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 13, 2023 |
| Nov 22, 2021 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Sep 25, 2023 |
| Feb 7, 2018 | Westchester | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jun 4, 2018 |
| Jan 10, 2017 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 30, 2017 |
| Jul 29, 2015 | Los Angeles | Accident | 4 citations | $2,810 | $1,500 | Feb 13, 2017 |
| Dec 1, 2010 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $18,000 | Jun 11, 2011 |
| Jul 14, 2010 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $750 | $410 | Dec 18, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Delta Air Lines Inc; Delta Air Lines Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 8 citations, 2 serious, $38,285
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 6401.9: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $420
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Delta Air Lines, Inc.
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.