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20th Century OSHA Enforcement Data

TABLE 14

OSHA STATE PLANS
AVERAGE PENALTY PER VIOLATION
FY 1991 - FY 2000

Type of Violation

Fiscal
Year		   Serious   Other than
Serious		   Willful   Repeat   Failure to
Abate		   Unclass.   Total
                             
1991   $268   $8   $4,135   $396   $594       $100
1992*   382   22   5,479   612   1,030   $761   182
1993   438   45   9,599   970   1,499   2,667   243
1994   457   43   8,329   924   1,515   24,000   245
1995   476   48   19,587   990   3,411   18,682   280
1996   461   37   16,645   1,181   2,489   47,600   248
1997   460   40   16,965   1,206   2,773   10,250   252
1998   495   39   15,159   1,299   2,428   5,357   265
1999   538   42   24,564   1,643   1,845   53,153   330
2000   657   52   24,876   1,731   4,079   11,622   390

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.