MSHA inspectors would literally swoop down from the sky unannounced (helicoptering into our remote mine site) and then run around slapping fines on everything even vaguely out of compliance. One time we almost got a fine in the lab for not keeping our acetic acid in a corrosives container. Acetic acid is vinegar. Luckily someone was able to find a spare container, and from then on we had to keep this giant corrosives container in the supply room just to house a single bottle of lab-grade vinegar.

Also another time an inspector issued a *personal* six figure fine to a contractor employee for smoking too close to the fuel tanks. Just utterly destroyed the guy.