OSHA Agrees Earlier Directive 'Confusing' As It Narrows Scope Of Farm-Related Enforcement

A top OSHA official said last week that the agency eventually agreed with lawmakers that it had put “confusing” language in a controversial enforcement directive aimed at allowing compliance officers to enforce regulations at post-harvest operations located on the same sites as small farms, the latter of which is restricted by a longstanding 1970s-era congressional policy rider restraining the agency on small farm enforcement.