He added that the state would only go to court in the case of a willful violation.
Deaths involving willful violations were high on the list.
From 1982 until 1991, the median fine for a willful violation that killed a worker was $5,800, according to the Times examination.
But the inspectors also found two "willful" violations and the maximum fine of $140,000 was imposed for them.
It would be a willful violation of Federal law.
It's as close to a willful violation as anybody has ever seen.
The maximum penalty under the law is $50,000 except where the agency finds there has been a "willful" violation.
At least, they should not be able to charge me with a willful violation of the dead lines regulation.
But the officials said the agency's criminal investigators had not yet found any willful violations of the law.
Hospitals could be fined up to $10,000 for each "willful" violation.