It’s a significant increase since 1990 that went LIVE on 1^st August 2016. The maximum penalties have been increased by almost 78% as OSHA was previously exempted from raising them. It has been eliminated in the fiscal year 2016 budget agreement. This raise was part of “adjustment for inflation” which is based upon Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.

 

These rates are based upon Consumer Price Index and are adjustable by on case by case basis:

What are the fines for OSHA violations?

Type of Violation	Current Maximum Penalty	New Maximum Penalty
Serious Other-Than-Serious Posting Requirements	$7,000 per violation	$12,471 per violation
Failure to Abate	$7,000 per day beyond the abatement date	$12,471 per day beyond the abatement date
Willful or Repeated	$70,000 per violation	$124,709 per violation

Despite the raise, these rates are dependent upon factors like size of an employer to offset its impact on smaller businesses. And of course, States having their own OSHA plans to enable “maximum penalty levels” that are proportional to Federal OSHA’s.

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Source: Nickole Winnett | Jackson Lewis P.C. – jdsupra.com

 

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