The regulatory failure is staggering. OSHA requires employers to provide bathrooms and handwashing facilities. The Field Sanitation Standards have existed since 1987. They require toilets, handwashing stations, and clean drinking water for handwashing. But enforcement is a joke. Farmworkers are excluded from most labor protections. They’re disproportionately immigrant, disproportionately undocumented, and disproportionately afraid to complain because complaining means getting fired or reported to ICE. And then there’s the labor contractor layer. Many farmworkers don’t work directly for farms. They work for labor contractors who have even less incentive to provide facilities. The contractor can claim they don’t employ the workers. The farm can claim they don’t control the working conditions. Everyone points fingers. Nobody provides a toilet. https://davisvanguard.org/2026/08/farmworker-bathroom-access-outbreaks/