OSHA won’t increase its penalty amounts in 2026. The agency is required to annually adjust its penalties for inflation, based specifically on the October Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Due to a lapse in funding, BLS did not release the October 2025 data. Because no alternative calculation is allowed, OSHA penalties will remain at the 2025 amounts.
| Type of violation | Penalty |
| Serious Other-than-serious Posting requirements | $16,550 per violation |
| Failure to abate | $16,550 per day beyond the abatement date |
| Willful or repeated | $165,514 per violation |
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Original article published by J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.