OSHA Presses Congress On Civil Penalties, Contrasts Existing Levels To EPA Fines

OSHA is pressuring lawmakers to hike statutory civil penalties for workplace safety and health violations by pinpointing the issue in the president's fiscal 2016 budget request to Congress -- in a move Washington sources say appears to be more of an advocacy push than a specific legislative proposal -- and contrasting the current OSHA penalty structure to the Environmental Protection Agency's much larger fines.