Agricultural Hand Labor

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000784",
  "term": "Agricultural Hand Labor",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Any agricultural activity performed by hand or with hand tools that causes a worker to have substantial contact with surfaces (such as plants, plant parts, or soil) that may contain pesticide residues. These activities include, but are not limited to, harvesting, detasseling, thinning, weeding, topping, planting, sucker removal, pruning, disbudding, roguing, and packing produce into containers in the field. Hand labor does not include operating, moving, or repairing irrigation or watering equipment or performing the tasks of crop advisors.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 170.3 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/agricultural-hand-labor/"
}