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TABLE 7

AVERAGE PENALTY PER VIOLATION
FY 1972 - FY 2000

TYPE OF VIOLATION

Fiscal Year	Serious	Other than Serious	Willful	Repeat	Failure to Abate	Unclass.	Total


1972*							$23
1973	$633	$17	$5,805	$1,349	$691		27
1974	573	14	2,887	249	265		23
1975	513	13	2,192	209	325		23
1976	514	12	2,662	201	419		28
Trans.**	506	12	2,905	223	686		37
1977	273	5	2,740	221	545		49
1978	259	3	2,789	379	781		96
1979	252	2	2,956	380	866		112
1980	228	2	2,448	414	793		111
1981	184	1	1,344	309	412		65
1982	170	1	1,612	249	498		45
1983	158	1	1,894	294	478		46
1984	160	1	2,973	327	467		54
1985	175	0	3,341	366	370		63
1986	192	1	4,771	387	543		77
1987	233	2	9,414	470	573		113
1988	247	1	7,549	610	774		163
1989	251	2	6,314	624	1,023		213
1990	255	5	3,920	919	1,269	$2,425	276
1991	422	31	10,488	1,175	1,789	5,448	468
1992	685	54	11,864	2,139	2,351	30,603	618
1993	655	52	12,010	2,085	1,931	10,298	551
1994	680	61	23,633	1,807	2,077	28,036	669
1995	731	54	23,366	1,759	2,653	25,734	807
1996	831	43	19,052	2,148	2,641	23,340	903
1997	797	56	18,143	2,401	3,749	15,408	828
1998	803	76	20,136	2,688	2,696	15,459	818
1999	897	85	22,871	3,333	3,528	13,512	918
2000	883	96	27,765	3,244	5,570	18,016	907

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