{"id":3560,"date":"2019-02-20T11:22:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T16:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/?p=3560"},"modified":"2021-10-18T15:16:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T19:16:36","slug":"osha-penalties-increasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/?p=3560","title":{"rendered":"OSHA Penalties Increasing in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3565 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/vladimir-solomyani-502936-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"OSHA Penalties Increasing\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/vladimir-solomyani-502936-unsplash.jpg 960w, https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/vladimir-solomyani-502936-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/vladimir-solomyani-502936-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Labor released a final rule on January 23, 2019 which increases the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) civil monetary penalties accessed or enforced by the Department against employers for health and safety violations. The penalty increase is pursuant to the Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act). The increased penalties will apply to any violation issued after January 23, 2019.<\/p>\n<table width=\"374\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"127\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Type of Violation<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"123\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Prior Penalties<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"124\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>New Penalties<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"127\">Serious; Other Than Serious<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$12,934<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$13,260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Failure To Abate<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"123\">$12,934 per day beyond abatement date<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"124\">$13,260 per day beyond abatement date<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Willful Repeated<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$12,934<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$13,260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Inflationary adjustments also impact violations related to ERISA, FMLA, the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act, among others.<\/p>\n<h4>Pittsburgh Regulatory Attorneys<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/attorney\/frank-c-botta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frank Botta<\/a>\u00a0has extensive experience advising companies in regulatory matters. Please contact Frank at (724) 776-8000 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:fbotta@archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fbotta@archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com<\/a>\u00a0for more information on OSHA regulations or for assistance in understanding the current state of employment laws and rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Labor released a final rule on January 23, 2019 which increases the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) civil monetary penalties accessed or enforced by the Department against employers for health and safety violations. The penalty &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/?p=3560\"><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,56,232],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-3560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employer-news","category-general-news-updates","category-regulatory","tag-osha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3560"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10024,"href":"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions\/10024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}