Due to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvement Act of 2015, federal agencies were required beginning in August 2016 to institute upfront “catch up” amounts to bring civil monetary penalties up to present day adjustments since many penalties had been at levels set in 1990. The law also requires those agencies to tie the penalty amounts to “inflation each year based on the Consumer Price Index.”
As a result, effective January 15, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) civil monetary penalty increases are as follows:
Click here to view OSHA’s penalties website. The NRMCA staff contact is Kevin Walgenbach.
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