# Serious violation — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Serious violation, agency is Occupational Safety and Health Administration; statutory authority is 29 U.S.C. 666(b); maximum penalty is $16,550, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** Occupational Safety and Health Administration _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Serious violation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 29 U.S.C. 666(b) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** $16,550 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Serious violation. The penalty for a serious violation under section 17(b) of the Act, <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/29/666> 29 U.S.C. 666(b) , shall not exceed $16,550.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1903/section-1903.15

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
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