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Existing and Inflation-Adjusted Penalties

Lapse in Appropriations

For workplace safety and health, please call 800-321-6742; for mine safety and health, please call 800-746-1553; for Job Corps, please call 800-733-5627 and for Wage and Hour, please call 1-866-487-9243 (1 866-4-US-WAGE).  This website is currently not being updated due to the suspension of Federal government services. The last update to the site was 10/1/2025.  Updates to the site will start again when the Federal government resumes operations.

Mine Safety and Health Administration – Inflation Adjustment Act

Under the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, OMB will issue guidance on or before December 15 of each year directing agencies to adjust their penalties for inflation before January 15 of the subsequent year, in line with the statutory formula.

MSHA’s Existing and Inflation-Adjusted Penalties
30 CFR Citations 2024 Minimum Existing Penalty 2024 Maximum Existing Penalty 2025 Minimum Inflation-Adjusted Penalty 2025 Maximum Inflation-Adjusted Penalty
30 CFR 100.3(a)   $88,354   $90,649
30 CFR 100.3(g) $164 $88,354 $168 $90,649
30 CFR 100.4(a) $2,945   $3,022  
30 CFR 100.4(b) $5,888   $6,041  
39 CFR 100.4(c) $7,364 $88,354 $7,555 $90,649
30 CFR 100.5(c)   $9,571   $9,820
30 CFR 100.5(d)   $404   $414
30 CFR 100.5(e)   $323,960   $332,376