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OSHA Violations are Now More Expensive For the first time since 1990, OSHA has increased it fines for serious and willful violations. The new law took effect on August 1, 2016. The maximum penalty for serious violations has been increased from $7,000 to $12,471 and the maximum penalty for willful or repeat violation has been increased from $70,000 to $124,709. Fines of this size can be devastating to small contractors, who do not have the resources to fight or pay for the fines and who have less …