Safety Violation Penalty Estimator

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Safety Violation Penalty Estimator

Estimate potential OSHA civil penalties for workplace safety violations based on violation classification, gravity, size of employer, and compliance history. Figures reflect 2024 OSHA penalty maximums adjusted annually for inflation.

Violation Type

Other-Than-Serious Serious Willful or Repeated Failure to Abate (per day)

Gravity of Violation (1 = Low, 10 = High)

Number of Employees

Prior Violations in Past 3 Years

Good Faith Effort to Comply?

Yes – documented safety program in place Partial – some measures taken No – no meaningful effort

Days Unabated (for Failure to Abate only)

Calculate Penalty Estimate

Fill in the fields above and click Calculate.

function safCalc() { // --- 2024 OSHA penalty limits (per violation) --- const MAX_SERIOUS = 16131; // serious / other-than-serious max per violation const MAX_WILLFUL_REPEATED = 161323; // willful or repeated max per violation const MAX_FAILURE_TO_ABATE = 16131; // per day

const violationType = document.getElementById('saf-violation-type').value; const gravity = parseInt(document.getElementById('saf-gravity').value); const employees = parseInt(document.getElementById('saf-employees').value); const history = parseInt(document.getElementById('saf-history').value); const goodFaith = document.getElementById('saf-good-faith').value; const abateDays = parseInt(document.getElementById('saf-abate-days').value);

// --- Input validation --- const errors = []; if (isNaN(gravity) || gravity 10) errors.push("Gravity must be between 1 and 10."); if (isNaN(employees) || employees 0) { document.getElementById('saf-result').innerHTML = '⚠ ' + errors.join('⚠ ') + ''; return; }

// ── Step 1: Base penalty from gravity (as % of maximum) ────────────────── // OSHA uses a gravity-based penalty table; we model it linearly: // gravity 1-3 → 10-30%, 4-6 → 40-60%, 7-9 → 70-90%, 10 → 100% const gravityPct = gravity / 10; // 0.1 … 1.0

let maxPenalty; if (violationType === 'willful_repeated') { maxPenalty = MAX_WILLFUL_REPEATED; } else if (violationType === 'failure_to_abate') { maxPenalty = MAX_FAILURE_TO_ABATE; } else { maxPenalty = MAX_SERIOUS; }

let basePenalty = maxPenalty * gravityPct;

// ── Step 2: Size reduction (OSHA allows up to 60% reduction for small employers) ─ // ≤10 employees → 60% reduction; 11-25 → 40%; 26-100 → 20%; 101-250 → 10%; >250 → 0% let sizeReduction = 0; if (employees 5 → +30% // For willful/repeated the classification already captures recidivism, // so we cap the history surcharge at +10% let historySurcharge = 0; if (history >= 1 && history = 3 && history 5) historySurcharge = 0.30;

if (violationType === 'willful_repeated') historySurcharge = Math.min(historySurcharge, 0.10);

// ── Step 5: Apply reductions and surcharges ─────────────────────────────── // Formula: penalty = basePenalty × (1 − sizeReduction) × (1 − goodFaithReduction) × (1 + historySurcharge) let adjustedPenalty = basePenalty * (1 - sizeReduction) * (1 - goodFaithReduction) * (1 + historySurcharge);

// ── Step 6: Failure-to-abate multiplied by days ─────────────────────────── let totalPenalty = adjustedPenalty; let ftaNote = ''; if (violationType === 'failure_to_abate') { totalPenalty = adjustedPenalty * abateDays; ftaNote = ' × ' + abateDays + ' day(s) unabated'; }

// ── Step 7: Clamp to statutory maximum ───────────────────────────────────
const statutoryMax = (violationType === 'failure_to_abate')
? MAX_FAILURE_TO_ABATE * abateDays
maxPenalty; totalPenalty = Math.min(totalPenalty, statutoryMax);

// ── Format helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── const fmt = (n) => '$' + n.toLocaleString('en-US', {minimumFractionDigits: 0, maximumFractionDigits: 0}); const pct = (n) => (n * 100).toFixed(0) + '%';

// ── Severity label ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── let severityLabel = ''; if (totalPenalty Severity Level: ${severityLabel}

Violation Type${typeLabels[violationType]} Gravity (${gravity}/10)${pct(gravityPct)} of max Base Penalty${fmt(basePenalty)} Size Reduction (${employees} employees)−${pct(sizeReduction)} Good-Faith Reduction−${pct(goodFaithReduction)} History Surcharge (${history} prior)+${pct(historySurcharge)} Adjusted Per-Violation Penalty${fmt(adjustedPenalty)}${ftaNote} Statutory Maximum${fmt(statutoryMax)}

⚠ This is an estimate only. Actual OSHA penalties depend on inspector discretion, informal settlement negotiations, and jurisdiction-specific state-plan rules.

`; } safCalc();

#### Formula

Penalty = Base Penalty × (1 − Size Reduction) × (1 − Good-Faith Reduction) × (1 + History Surcharge) Where: • Base Penalty = Maximum Statutory Penalty × (Gravity / 10) • Maximum Statutory Penalty (2024): Serious / Other-Than-Serious / Failure-to-Abate = $16,131 per violation; Willful or Repeated = $161,323 per violation • Size Reduction: ≤10 employees → 60%; 11–25 → 40%; 26–100 → 20%; 101–250 → 10%; >250 → 0% (not applied to Willful/Repeated) • Good-Faith Reduction: Documented program → 25%; Partial effort → 10%; None → 0% (not applied to Willful/Repeated) • History Surcharge: 1–2 prior violations → +10%; 3–5 → +20%; >5 → +30% • Failure to Abate: Per-violation penalty × number of days unabated • Final penalty is clamped to the applicable statutory maximum.

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