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20th Century OSHA Enforcement Data

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.