Today is January 7th, the day when the SCOTUS decides on the OSHA Clot Shot Mandates. Gut feeling is that they have to strike these tyrannical mandates down for many reasons, but extraordinarily stupid things has happened in the past and especially in the recent past, so I will not be surprised (still be very upset) if OSHA's tyranny is allowed to stand for reasons stupid and asinine.
Either way, please pray for the fate of this nation, for it hangs in this very day.
What you're describing is bureaucratic creep and applies to government and big corporations as well. Rules/laws are added each year, but very few ever go away. Eventually, no matter what you do, you're breaking a rule/law.
New OSHA employees come in and justify their job by making up new rules. Over time it becomes more of a burden to the workers they claim to protect than what protection they provide.