Do you know what OSHA regulations apply to your farm operation? Just because you are a farm doesn't man that you are exempt from everything. There are still a number of things that you need to comply with. Find out more from FamilyFarms Group's regulatory management expert, Michelle Mellendorf, General Counsel.

1. Farm Safety
Keeping your Employees Safe

5. General Duty Clause
29 USC 654 Section 5
Each employer shall furnish to each of his
employees employment and a place of
employment which are free from recognized
hazards that are causing or are likely to
cause death or serious physical harm to his
employees

6. General Duty Clause
29 USC 654 Section 5
The meaning of the rule:
• Is the employee exposed to a hazard?
• Does the employee know this is a hazard?
• Can the employer reasonably make the
hazard more safe?

8. General Duty Clause
29 USC 654 Section 5
Employer Duties:
• Employer must have Rules in Place
• Employee knew of rule: document
date, who present and what was covered
• Employer checks to see that rules are
being followed
• Corrective actions for breaking rules

11. OSHA 1910 Standards
29 CFR 1910
• 1910.142 – Temporary Labor Camps (housing for farm
employees)
• 1910.111(a) and (b) – Ammonia Safety
• 1910.145 – Slow Moving Vehicles
• 1910.1200 – Hazard Communication
• 1910.1027 – Grain Handling Facilities
• 1910.1201 – DOT markings on transportation of hazard
materials

12. OSHA 1928 Standards
29 CFR 1928
• 1928.51 - Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) for tractors used in
agricultural operations.
• 1928.52 - Protective frames for wheel-type agricultural tractors -test procedures and performance requirements.
• 1928.53 - Protective enclosures for wheel-type agricultural tractors - test procedures and performance requirements.
• 1928 Subpart C App A - Employee operating instruction.
• 1928 Subpart C App B - Appendix B to Subpart C -- Figures C-1
through C-16.
• 1928.57 - Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead
equipment, and cotton gins.
• 1928.110 - Field Sanitation.
• 1928.1027 – Cadmium.

13. OSHA 1910 Standards
29 CFR 1910
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1910.146 – Confined Space Entry
1910.332 – Electrical Safety
1910.147 – Lockout/Tagout
1910.132 – Personal Protective Equipment
1910.177 – Tire & Wheel Rim Repair
1910.252 & 1910.254 – Welding
1910.1030 – Bloodborne Pathogens
1910.120 – Emergency Response Plan & Spill
Kits

14. OSHA 1910 Standards
29 CFR 1910
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1910.157 – Fire Extinguishers
1910.178 Forklifts
1910.272 – Grain Handling
1910.212 & 1910.219 – Guards
1910.23 – Railings
1910.134 – Respirators
1910.36 – Exit Signs
1910.106 – No Smoking Signs

15. OSHA Other Standards
• 1926.1060 – Ladder Safety
• CGA P-1-2006 – Oxygen & Acetylene
• 40 CFR 170.230 – Worker Protection Standard
• ANSI – Eyewash Stations

17. Best Practices
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Anhydrous Tank Inspection
Visitor Logs
Custom Application Training
Defensive Driving
Drug Testing Program
Fire Prevention Plan
Hazwoper Training

18. Summary
• Employers have general duty to keep workers
safe.
• Farms may not have to comply with certain 1910
standards, but they should have policies and
procedures in place to keep workers safe.
• Farms should provide safety training.
• Farms do have to comply with some 1910
standards and all 1928 standards.