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29 U.S.C. sec. 666, Civil and criminal penalties (2020 ed.)

29 U.S.C. sec. 666, Civil and criminal penalties (2020 ed.)

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Legal authority
Authority
29 U.S.C. sec. 666, Civil and criminal penalties (2020 ed.)
Issued
2021-01-01 Jan. 1, 2021
In force
Jan. 1, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
Character
statute

Notes

Subsec. (a): willful or repeated violation, civil penalty 'of not more than $70,000 for each violation, but not less than $5,000' (as printed; inflation-adjusted by 29 C.F.R. sec. 1903.15); subsec. (b): serious violation, civil penalty; subsec. (e): willful violation causing death, criminal fine and imprisonment. The 2020 inflation-adjusted maximum for a serious violation, $13,494, is the figure OSHA called 'the maximum allowed by law' in the Smithfield citation (LAW-487).