White House Cancels 2026 OSHA Penalty Increases

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White House Cancels 2026 OSHA Penalty Increases

ByJordan Barab
Jun 10, 2026



Americans are suffering from higher prices everywhere they look, prices that are rising faster than their paychecks: Moms and dads struggling to feed their families, fill their gas tanks or pay medical expenses. Farmers can’t buy fertilizer. Truckers can’t buy fuel. What is to be done?

Never fear! The Trump Administration has come to the rescue. Not to the rescue of families or workers, but of businesses who are being unfairly harassed by federal agencies just because they endanger and kill their workers.

Despite legislation passed in 2016 requiring certain federal agencies to raise their penalties every year to track the inflation rate, the Trump administration has decided to give lawbreaking companies a break by cancelling this year’s OSHA and MSHA penalty increases, as well as penalties issued by other federal enforcement agency such as agencies such as EPA and the Department of Transportation.

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