OAR 437-001-0142: Annual Adjustment of Civil Penalties

(1) Each year, the director will be responsible for publishing notice of Oregon OSHA’s Annual Adjustments to Penalties Bulletin in the Oregon Bulletin or its successor. This bulletin will also be made available on the Division’s website at https://osha.oregon.gov/pages/topics/violations-and-penalties, or its successor. This bulletin will notify the regulated community of annual adjustment in civil penalty amounts required by ORS 654.086(4) to account for the percentage change, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region, All Items (West Region CPI-U), from October to October of each year as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the United States Department of Labor or its successor. The annual adjustments will be effective January 1st of each calendar year. (2) Annual adjustments must be applied to the following civil penalties: (a) Other than serious-rated violation - maximum civil penalty amounts in OAR 437-001-0145(2)(a) and civil penalty amounts in Table 2 in OAR 437-001-0145(2)(g). (b) Serious Physical Harm or Death-rated violation – minimum and maximum civil penalty amounts in OAR 437-001-0145(2)(b) and civil penalty amounts in Table 2 in OAR 437-001-0145(2)(g). (c) Repeat Violation - minimum and maximum civil penalty amounts in OAR 437-001-0145(2)(c) and civil penalty amounts in Table 2 in OAR 437-001-0165(3). (d) Willful Violations - minimum and maximum civil penalty amounts in OAR 437-001-0145(2)(d) and civil penalty amounts in Table 1 in OAR 437-001-0175(1). (e) Violations that caused or contributed to a work-related fatality - minimum and maximum civil penalty amounts in OAR 437-001-0145(2)(e) and civil penalty amounts in Table 3 in OAR 437-001-0145(3). (f) Willful and repeat violations that caused or contributed to a work-related fatality - minimum and maximum civil penalty amounts in OAR 437-001-0145(2)(f) and civil penalty amounts in Table 2 in OAR 437-001-0165(3) and Table 2 in OAR 437-001-0175(2). (3) An annual adjustment must be applied to the penalty reduction in OAR 437-001-0150(2)(b). (4) The civil penalty amounts adjusted under this rule will not be lower than the minimum or greater than the maximum that may be assessed under ORS 654.086 as a result of any reductions or multipliers applied. See Appendix A to OAR 437-001-0142 – Example of Oregon OSHA’s Annual Adjustments to Penalties Bulletin. Note: Appendix A is an example of information that will be included in Oregon OSHA’s Annual Adjustments to Penalties Bulletin. [Insert Appendix A - Example of Oregon OSHA’s Annual Adjustments to Penalties Bulletin] [ED. NOTE: To view attachments referenced in rule text, click here to view rule.]