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What an OSHA Walking-Surface Citation Really Costs

What an OSHA Walking-Surface Citation Really Costs

receipt_long The full bill, not just the fine

Building owners fixate on the headline penalty — up to about $16,550 per serious Subpart D violation — but the citation itself is the cheapest part. The real cost is the abatement work on a forced deadline, the legal and administrative time to respond, higher workers-comp and liability premiums, and the business disruption of a stop-work or re-inspection.

event_busy Where the costs compound

A citation arrives with an abatement date, and missing it triggers Failure-to-Abate penalties that accrue per day. If the same hazard is ever cited again it becomes a Repeat — up to $165,514 — and a documented OSHA history follows you into insurance renewals and contractor prequalification. One serious injury from the same hazard dwarfs all of it.

savings How we keep the total down

Handling it correctly the first time is far cheaper than handling it twice. We scope the full cost up front, self-perform the repairs to the engineer's spec, and hand you an abatement package built to close the citation cleanly — so the same hazard doesn't come back as a Repeat.

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