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20th Century OSHA Enforcement Data

TABLE 12

OSHA STATE PLANS
PROPOSED PENALTIES, BY TYPE OF VIOLATION
FY 1991 - FY 2000
(Thousands of dollars)

Fiscal
Year		   Serious   Other than
Serious		   Willful   Repeat   Failure to
Abate		   Unclass.   Total
                             
1991   $15,520   $1,399   $2,638   $2,691   $1,341   $0   $23,589
1992*   26,643   3,010   4,049   3,388   2,062   70   39,224
1993   31,130   4,706   2,755   3,028   2,046   8   43,674
1994   31,703   4,431   2,782   2,251   1,900   96   43,163
1995   34,227   4,871   5,073   2,266   2,558   411   49,406
1996   26,661   3,386   3,096   2,312   1,944   476   37,875
1997   25,814   3,464   2,901   2,429   2,074   82   36,764
1998   28,688   3,443   3,047   2,470   1,503   75   39,227
1999   29,690   3,526   5,969   3,371   1,415   2,764   46,735
2000   37,096   4,201   6,443   3,494   3,055   523   54,812
                             

Source: OSHA Integrated Management Information System
* Beginning in Fiscal Year 1992, as part of settlement agreements,
OSHA can change the type of violation from "willful" or "repeat" to
"unclassified" - see text.