Slap on the Wrist describes a disproportionally light punishment for wrongdoing. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined Adair Grain Inc./West Fertilizer Co. $118,300 for 24 health and safety violations in connection with an April explosion that leveled parts of a small town and killed 14 people. See U.S. Levies $118,300 in Fines in Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast Marice Richter. Reuters. October 10, 2013.