--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Field Operations Manual description: Field Operations Manual | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [OSHA revises penalty and debt collection policies](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-penalty-and-debt-collection-policies) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Aug 19, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/pexels-mikhail-nilov-6963017.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-penalty-and-debt-collection-policies) The US federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has revised portions of its national enforcement policies, reducing penalties for employers that take prompt action to correct identified violations, and raising the ceiling for special small business penalty reductions from employers with 10 or fewer employees to those with 25 or fewer employees. These revisions appear in Chapter 6 (Penalties and Debt Collection) of OSHA’s Field Operations Manual (FOM). The remainder of this note discusses these revisions.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-penalty-and-debt-collection-policies) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-penalty-and-debt-collection-policies#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Occupational Health](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/occupational-health), [Worker Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/worker-safety), [Workplace Safety Guidelines](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-safety-guidelines), [Safety Standards](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-standards), [Occupational Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/occupational-safety), [Field Operations Manual](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/field-operations-manual), [FOM](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/fom) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved