California
For California, violation type is serious; penalty maximum is $25,000; federal maximum is $16,550; effective date is January 1, 2025; computation method is Initial base penalty of $18,000, adjusted for Extent (±25%) and Likelihood (±25%) to get Gravity-based penalty, then further adjusted for Size (up to 40% for ≤10 employees), Good Faith (up to 30%), and History (up to 10%); abatement credit of 50% available if abated before citation or within abatement period, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Violation type
- serious our reading
- Penalty maximum
- $25,000 verified
- Federal maximum
- $16,550 our reading
- Effective date
- January 1, 2025
- Computation method
- Initial base penalty of $18,000, adjusted for Extent (±25%) and Likelihood (±25%) to get Gravity-based penalty, then further adjusted for Size (up to 40% for ≤10 employees), Good Faith (up to 30%), and History (up to 10%); abatement credit of 50% available if abated before citation or within abatement period our reading
- Statute citation
- Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8, § 336(c) our reading
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What the source says
Any employer who violates any occupational safety and health standard, order, or special order, and such violation is determined to be a Serious violation (as provided in section 334(c)(1) of this article) shall be assessed a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for each such violation.
— dir.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-08-15
Source
- dir.ca.govhttps://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/336.html