29 U.S.C. sec. 666, Civil and criminal penalties (2020 ed.)

Subsec. (a): willful or repeated violation, civil penalty 'of not more than $70,000 for each violation, but not less than $5,000' (as printed; inflation-adjusted by 29 C.F.R. sec. 1903.15); subsec. (b): serious violation, civil penalty; subsec. (e): willful violation causing death, criminal fine and imprisonment. The 2020 inflation-adjusted maximum for a serious violation, $13,494, is the figure OSHA called 'the maximum allowed by law' in the Smithfield citation (LAW-487).