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TABLE 5

PROPOSED PENALTIES, BY TYPE OF VIOLATION
FY 1972 - FY 2000
(Thousands of dollars)

Fiscal
Year		   Serious   Other than
Serious		   Willful   Repeat   Failure to
Abate		   Unclass.   Total
                             
1972*                           $2,367
1973   $1,138   $2,383   $116   $108   $202       3,948
1974   1,815   4,092   309   229   255       6,700
1975   2,091   3,924   427   486   532       7,460
1976   4,064   4,509   535   921   624       10,653
Trans.**   1,150   759   177   279   231       2,595
1977   5,657   825   595   935   703       8,714
1978   8,509   288   1,902   1,564   775       13,038
1979   9,326   192   2,601   1,452   748       14,320
1980   10,061   191   2,490   1,426   580       14,748
1981   5,764   80   553   658   112       7,167
1982   3,827   51   124   311   105       4,418
1983   4,029   88   324   431   132       5,004
1984   4,740   57   470   636   155       6,058
1985   5,708   35   769   929   180       7,621
1986   6,774   48   1,255   1,237   539       9,853
1987   8,493   153   4,114   1,622   1,024       15,407
1988   13,165   138   7,670   2,479   1,578       25,031
1989   21,068   207   10,519   2,833   2,584       38,975
1990   24,955   332   14,166   4,077   2,528   $1,038   47,095
1991   39,239   1,600   22,790   4,105   2,378   681   70,794
1992***   59,479   2,845   7,237   6,694   1,643   11,476   89,374
1993   54,477   2,537   9,224   5,905   1,585   1,833   75,561
1994   60,209   3,077   20,041   4,516   1,680   6,280   95,801
1995   38,632   1,796   14,604   2,934   1,300   12,764   72,030
1996   26,024   875   8,478   2,692   808   10,153   49,030
1997   41,786   1,489   11,321   4,435   1,357   7,889   68,277
1998   39,547   1,806   9,202   4,398   906   6,292   62,151
1999   43,874   2,035   9,583   5,446   748   7,891   69,578
2000   45,083   2,454   11,245   5,927   1,554   5,711   71,975
                             

Source: OSHA Integrated Management Information System
* Data for Fiscal Year 1972 are from the President's Report on
Occupational Safety and Health, December 1973.
** Transition quarter - see Table 1 footnote.
*** 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.