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OSHA penalty estimator
Enter the violations on a citation to see the statutory exposure. These are the published maximums — OSHA reduces for employer size, good faith, and history, so treat the result as a ceiling, not a prediction.
Statutory maximum exposure
$49,650
estimated · statutory maximums under 29 U.S.C. §666 as adjusted; actual penalties are set by OSHA and are commonly reduced for size, good faith, and history
Why the repeat number is the one that matters
A serious violation caps at $16,550. The same violation cited again within five years becomes repeat — up to $165,514. That is the arithmetic behind every abatement conversation: the first citation is rarely the expensive one.
OSHA Radar computes this exposure automatically for every cited employer in our data, per site and per corporate family. OSHA Radar is an independent service built on public U.S. Department of Labor records. Not affiliated with or endorsed by OSHA or any government agency.
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