SEC. 309. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) VIOLATIONS DESIGNATED AS SERIOUS, WILL-
FUL, OR REPEATED.—The first sentence of section 10(b) 
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 659(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, with the excep-
tion of violations designated as serious, willful, or re-
peated,’’ after ‘‘(which period shall not begin to run’’. 
(b) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—The first sentence of section 
11(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 
(29 U.S.C. 660(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(or the failure of the Commis-
sion, including an administrative law judge, to make 
a timely decision on a request for a stay under sec-
tion 10(d))’’ after ‘‘an order’’ ; 
(2) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsections (c) and (d)’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘(or in the case of a petition 
from a final Commission order regarding a stay 
under section 10(d), 15 days)’’after ‘‘sixty days’’. 
(c) FAILURE TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS.—Section 
17(d) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 
(29 U.S.C. 666(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) Any employer who fails to correct a violation 
designated by the Secretary as serious, willful, or repeated 
and for which a citation has been issued under section 9(a) 
within the period permitted for its correction (and a stay 
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has not been issued by the Commission under section 
10(d)) may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than 
$7,000 for each day during which such failure or violation 
continues. Any employer who fails to correct any other vio-
lation for which a citation has been issued under section 
9(a) of this title within the period permitted for its correc-
tion (which period shall not begin to run until the date 
of the final order of the Commission in the case of any 
review proceeding under section 10 initiated by the em-
ployer in good faith and not solely for delay of avoidance 
of penalties) may be assessed a civil penalty of not more 
than $7,000 for each day during which such failure or vio-
lation continues.’’. 
SEC. 310. CIVIL PENALTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17 of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 666) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$70,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$120,000’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$8,000’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In 
determining whether a violation is repeated, the 
Secretary or the Commission shall consider the 
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employer’s history of violations under this Act 
and under State occupational safety and health 
plans established under section 18. If such a 
willful or repeated violation caused or contrib-
uted to the death of an employee, such civil 
penalty amounts shall be increased to not more 
than $250,000 for each such violation, but not 
less than $50,000 for each such violation, ex-
cept that for an employer with 25 or fewer em-
ployees such penalty shall not be less than 
$25,000 for each such violation.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$7,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$12,000’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘If 
such a violation caused or contributed to the 
death of an employee, such civil penalty 
amounts shall be increased to not more than 
$50,000 for each such violation, but not less 
than $20,000 for each such violation, except 
that for an employer with 25 or fewer employ-
ees such penalty shall not be less than $10,000 
for each such violation.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$7,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$12,000’’; 
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(4) in subsection (d), as amended, by striking 
‘‘$7,000’’ each place it occurs and inserting 
‘‘$12,000’’; 
(5) by redesignating subsections (e) through (i) 
as subsections (f) through (j), and subsections (j) 
through (l) as subsections (l) through (n) respec-
tively; and 
(6) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘$7,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,000’’. 
(b) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Section 17 is further 
amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following: 
‘‘(e) Amounts provided under this section for civil 
penalties shall be adjusted by the Secretary at least once 
during each 4-year period beginning January 1, 2015, to 
account for the percentage increase or decrease in the 
Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers during 
such period.’’. 
SEC. 311. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17 of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 666) (as 
amended by section 310) is further amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (f) (as redesignated 
by section 310) to read as follows: 
‘‘(f)(1) Any employer who knowingly violates any 
standard, rule, or order promulgated under section 6 of 
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this Act, or of any regulation prescribed under this Act, 
and that violation caused or significantly contributed to 
the death of any employee, shall, upon conviction, be pun-
ished by a fine in accordance with title 18, United States 
Code, or by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or 
both, except that if the conviction is for a violation com-
mitted after a first conviction of such person under this 
subsection or subsection (i), punishment shall be by a fine 
in accordance title 18, United States Code, or by imprison-
ment for not more than 20 years, or by both. 
‘‘(2) For the purpose of this subsection, the term ‘em-
ployer’ means, in addition to the definition contained in 
section 3 of this Act, any officer or director.’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (g) (as redesignated 
by section 310) to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) Unless otherwise authorized by this Act, any 
person that knowingly gives, causes to give, or attempts 
to give or cause to give, advance notice of any inspection 
conducted under this Act with the intention of impeding, 
interfering with, or adversely affecting the results of such 
inspection, shall be fined under title 18, United States 
Code, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.’’. 
(3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by section 
310), by striking ‘‘fine of not more than $10,000, or 
by imprisonment for not more than six months,’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘fine in accordance with title 18, 
United States Code, or by imprisonment for not 
more than 5 years,’’; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (j) (as redesig-
nated by section 310) the following: 
‘‘(k)(1) Any employer who knowingly violates any 
standard, rule, or order promulgated under section 6, or 
any regulation prescribed under this Act, and that viola-
tion caused or significantly contributed to serious bodily 
harm to any employee but does not cause death to any 
employee, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine in 
accordance with title 18, United States Code, or by impris-
onment for not more than 5 years, or by both, except that 
if the conviction is for a violation committed after a first 
conviction of such person under this subsection or sub-
section (e), punishment shall be by a fine in accordance 
with title 18, United States Code, or by imprisonment for 
not more than 10 years, or by both. 
‘‘(2) For the purpose of this subsection, the term ‘em-
ployer’ means, in addition to the definition contained in 
section 3 of this Act, any officer or director. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘seri-
ous bodily harm’ means bodily injury or illness that in-
volves— 
‘‘(A) a substantial risk of death; 
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