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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA):
The U.S. Department of Labor agency responsible for administering the
Occupational Safety and Health Act (P.L. 91-596). According to OSHA, farming is
the nation’s most hazardous occupation. Agriculture is the largest occupational
group in the U.S., with some 10 to 20 million people depending upon one’s
criteria of "agriculture." The intrinsically seasonal nature of many segments of
agriculture not only causes the size of this workforce to vary temporally and
often geographically via migrant work groups, but usually also has major effects
on the nature and intensity of the work itself. OSHA has issued safety standards
relating to agricultural operations.
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