This page includes all state safety and health standards that have not been adopted identically from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and that are meant to protect workers from specific workplace hazards in the agricultural industry.
Safety and health regulations and laws (also known as “standards”) can prevent deaths, injuries, and illnesses that can occur on the job. The 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act established OSHA to protect workers from occupational safety and health hazards. The Act also permitted states to substitute their own rulemaking and enforcement agencies for federal OSHA, as long as the state programs are “at least as effective” as the federal agency. This page includes standards in the 25 states with such agencies.
The questions on this page are based primarily on the classification of the federal OSHA regulations in 29 CFR 1928 and 29 CFR 1910. We recommend that you refer to these federal regulations to assist in the interpretation of the dataset’s questions.
Note that this map contains all state standards that apply only to agricultural employers. There may be additional standards under the General Industry dataset that also apply to the agricultural industry.
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