Source: https://www.jjkeller.com/learn/news/012019/OSHA-raises-penalties-for-2019
Timestamp: 2020-07-04 19:05:16
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§1903', '§1903', '§1903', '§1903', '§1903', '§1903']

New amounts take effect once final rule is published in Federal Register
OSHA, along with other Department of Labor agencies, will see an increase in penalties in 2019. The Department of Labor released a pre-publication version of its final rule revising civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced in the regulations for 2019. The Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvement Act of 2015 requires the Department to adjust its assessed penalty levels no later than January 15 of each year.
OSHA’s adjusted penalties for 2019 are shown in the following table. They will take effect once the final rule is published in the Federal Register, which is currently on shutdown.
Penalty amounts – 2018
Penalty amounts – 2019
§1903.15(d)(1)
Willful violation, minimum $9,239 $9,472
Willful violation, maximum $129,336 $132,598
§1903.15(d)(2)
§1903.15(d)(3)
§1903.15(d)(4)
§1903.15(d)(5)
Failure to correct violation $12,934 $13,260
§1903.15(d)(6)