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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

OSHA Penalties Increasing in 2025: What Employers Need to Know

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 1/27/2025

Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor published its listing of annual increases for 2025. Included in this list are higher penalties for OSHA workplace safety violations for employers. While these increases are in line with...more

OSHA penalties increased for citations issued in 2025

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/14/2025

Consistent with the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, which provides for the annual increase in penalties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act by the previous year’s rate of inflation, the maximum OSHA penalties for...more

OSH Act Penalties Increase

Littler on 2/4/2019

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published a final rule that increases civil monetary penalties the DOL assesses and enforces, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 and the Federal...more

OSHA Penalty Increases Take Effect; Annual Summary Posting and Reporting Deadlines Are Near

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/30/2019

On January 23, 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) increased the maximum civil penalties that employers can receive for health and safety violations by 2.5 percent to account for inflation....more

Here OSHA Goes Again: 2019 Increases to Maximum Penalty Amounts Announced

Fisher Phillips on 1/16/2019

Employers will be facing higher penalties from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“Fed-OSHA”) in 2019. On January 15, 2019, Fed-OSHA announced that it plans to increase the maximum penalty an employer...more

OSHA Penalties Keep Changing, But the OSH Act Remains the Same: Were OSHA’s Recent Penalty Increases Valid?

Fisher Phillips on 3/1/2017

Federal OSHA increased its maximum penalties last summer for the first time since 1990. The increase occurred pursuant to a new law requiring federal agencies to adjust penalties to account for inflation. However, the OSH...more

OSHA Civil Penalties Going Up Again – Adopts 2017 Maximums

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/19/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL has published its 2017 OSHA civil penalties. We had blogged previously about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2016 adjustments to the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for OSHA...more

OSHA Penalties Go Up…Yes, Again

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/19/2017

In August 2016 we reported on the substantial increases to OSHA fines for violations of safety and health regulations as part of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. (Sec. 701 of...more

OSHA and MSHA Increase Penalties for Workplace Safety Violations

McDermott Will & Emery on 8/4/2016

On July 1, 2016, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) increased the maximum penalties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act by about 78 percent to account for inflation. Acting under authority conferred...more

Increased OSHA Penalty Structure Effective August 1, 2016

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/3/2016

This past November, Congress passed a budget that included legislation requiring federal agencies to adjust their civil penalties to account for inflation. In response, the Department of Labor (DOL) is adjusting penalties for...more

OSHA Penalties Are About to Get A Lot More Expensive

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/1/2016

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published an interim final rule on July 1, 2016, that increases the maximum penalties for citations by more than 75 percent. This is the first increase in OSHA...more

OSHA and MSHA Increase Penalties for Workplace Safety Violations

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/11/2016

On July 1, 2016, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) increased the maximum penalties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act by about 78 percent to account for inflation. Acting under authority conferred...more

New Interim Rules Impose 78% Increase in Maximum Monetary Penalties Under OSHA

Williams Mullen on 7/8/2016

On June 30, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the implementation of two interim final rules that will increase penalties under various federal statutes, including the Occupational Safety and Health Act (“OSHA”). ...more

Substantial OSHA Penalty Increases Are Coming

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 11/19/2015

OSHA penalties are going up. EPA’s penalties are going up, too. However, while EPA penalties have been going up modestly every four years to take inflation into account, OSHA penalties have not increased in 25 years. Maximum...more

OSHA Penalties Soon Getting a Boost

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 11/12/2015

Michael Kinsley once said “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.” And one gaffe that has often been repeated is Speaker Pelosi’s statement from 2010, saying about the Affordable Care Act, “we have to pass the bill so...more

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