Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance

1218-AD04 202004 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1218 Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA 1200 Department of Labor DOL Tree Care Standard

There is no OSHA standard for tree care operations; the agency currently applies a patchwork of standards to address the serious hazards in this industry. The tree care industry previously petitioned the agency for rulemaking and OSHA issued an ANPRM (September 2008). OSHA initiated and completed a Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) panel in April 2020, collecting information from affected small entities on a potential standard, including the scope of the standard, effective work practices, and arboricultural specific uses of equipment to guide OSHA in developing a rule that would best address industry safety and health concerns. Tree care continues to be a high-hazard industry.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Prerule Stage Undetermined Undetermined Regulatory None Not Yet Determined No Stakeholder Meeting 07/13/2016 Initiate SBREFA 01/10/2020 Complete SBREFA 05/22/2020 Yes Businesses Governmental Jurisdictions Local State No Undetermined Yes No Andrew Levinson Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance 1218 Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA 202 693-1950 levinson.andrew@dol.gov 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room N-3718, Washington DC 20210