Safety First, or Else: OSHA Fines to Rise 80 Percent in 2016

摘要

Starting August 1, 2016, OSHA is increasing fines for workplace safety violations. On November 2, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which allows OSHA, for the first time since 1990, to raise the fines for violations to account for current inflation rates. Then for 2017 and beyond, OSHA will be allowed to continue increasing fines on an annual basis to adjust for inflation. That means fines for serious violations may jump to $12,000 per incident. Fines for repeated and willful violations may increase from the current $70,000 to about $127,000.