I am a former OSHA investigator and I now teach Safety and Health law at universities and do expert witnessing for legal cases throughout the United States.
I agree that the fewer than 10 employee farms are getting overlooked on a lot of levels. Being a rancher/farmer myself all my life, I am apprehensive to regulate the family employee on this, however when the farm is incorporated, the corporation legally is the employer and the family issue is actually a moot point.
With farm machinery getting larger and with larger capacities, we are seeing farming go round the clock even more than before and this resulting in an increase of towing and retrieval incidents resulting in fatalities and injuries when working in all weather conditions. This was a noticeable oversight by the government when not enacting standards for these types of tasks when they created the Rollover Protection (ROPS) Standards at OSHA.
My learners at the University did a research study on the increase in these types of incidents and over 50% of them result in fatalities which is greater than fall fatality incidence rates. Addressing it now will ensure the most farmer related input and keep common sense in the proposed regulations.
If anyone want more information, they can contact me!
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