# NOTE

The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Inspection and Enforcement

Accomplishment Report is prepared annually by EPA based on data

submitted by states and tribes or the regional program staff in instances

where EPA manages the WPS program.

This data represents only those inspections reported to EPA and may

not include all inspections or enforcement actions take n by a state or

tribe. This is an overview of WPS violations during WPS inspections.

States and tribes voluntarily reported on the ten specific WPS violation

categories that each enforcement action covered

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EPA provides guidelines on reporting WPS compliance monitoring and

enforcement activities conducted under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and

Rodenticide Act State and Tribal Assis tance Grants (STAG) Cooperative Agreement

program

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# WPS Violation Categories

The agriculture employer, including owners an d managers of agricultural establishments,

employers of agricultural workers and hand lers, commercial applicator employer and

farm labor contractors, are responsible for complying with all WPS provisions. The ten

specific WPS violation categories are:

1. Pesticide Safety Training —Failure of agricultural employer to ensure that each

worker or handler is trained according to the provisions of WPS.

2. Central Posting— Failure of agricultural employer to display required information at a

central location on the agricultural site wh ere it is readily accessible to workers and

handlers.

3. Notice of Application— Failure of agricultural employer to ensure that notification

and posting requirements for pesticide applications comply with the WPS label.

4. Entry Restrictions— Failure of agricultural employer to ensure that no one enters or

remains in the treated area during a pestic ide application other than an appropriately

trained and equipped handler, until the time specified by label and regulations has

elapsed.

5

. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)— Failure of agricultural employer to assure

that handler uses the clothing and PPE specified on the label for use of the product.

6

. Mix or Loading, Application Equipment— Failure of agriculture employer to assure

that handler performing mixing or handling activities received instructions in the safe

operation of such equipment.

7

. Decontamination— Failure of agricultural employer to provide decontamination

supplies for washing off pesticides for workers and handlers in accordance with the WPS.

8. Emergency Assistance— Failure of agricultural employer to provide emergency

medical assistance and prompt transportati on to an appropriate emergency medical

facility to a worker or handler.

9. Information exchange— Failure of agricultural employer to provide specific

information to commercial handler employer about all areas on the establishment that

the handler may be in and that may be treated with a pesticide or that may be under a

restricted-entry interval. Or, the failure of handler-employer to provide specific

information to agricultural employer about the application of any pesticides on or in an

agricultural establishment before any application

10

. Retaliation— Action taken to punish or discourage a worker or a handler from

complying or attempting to comply with any requirement of WPS by the agricultural

employer.Overview of WPS Violations During 2008 InspectionsRegionsStatesPesticideSafetyTraningCentralPostingNotice ofApplicationEntryRestrictionsPersonalProtectiveEquipmentMix/LoadingApplicationEquip &ApplicationDeconSuppliesEmergencyAssistanceInformationExcahangeRetaliationRegion 181411202000Region 26881231135425220Region 391140108010Region 42482794217581551050Region 5406121018128380Region 6211679811830Region 721231541138271Region 81115133552140Region 8 Tribes0010000010Region 98016080143514477666R9 Tribes2000000000Region 10479712767955650Total55575720756216532473313273/11/09Overview of WPS Violations During 2008 InspectionsRegionsStatesPesticideSafetyTraningCentralPostingNotice ofApplicationEntryRestrictionsPersonalProtectiveEquipmentMix/LoadingApplicationEquip &ApplicationDeconSuppliesEmergencyAssistanceInformationExcahangeRetaliationRegion 1Connecticut2300000000Maine5210102000Massachusetts0000000000New Hampshire1901100000Rhode Island0000000000Vermont0000000000Total81411202000Region 2New Jersey284200020160New York82451208010Puerto Rico325216011531550Virgin Islands00100000000010000000Total6881231135425220Region 3Delaware0100000000Maryland1310002010Pennsylvania6420102000Virginia0000000000West Virginia2310004000District of Columbia0000000000Total91140108010Region 4Alabama2119290205040Florida13314247391438000Georgia2255010200000Kentucky1030000000Mississippi14900213000N. Carolina4429001003010S. Carolina51560202000Tennessee81000100000Total24827942175815510503/11/09Overview of WPS Violations During 2008 InspectionsRegionsStatesPesticideSafetyTraningCentralPostingNotice ofApplicationEntryRestrictionsPersonalProtectiveEquipmentMix/LoadingApplicationEquip &ApplicationDeconSuppliesEmergencyAssistanceInformationExcahangeRetaliationRegion 5Illinois2320302010Indiana0000000020Michigan3530101200Minnesota928506015000Ohio111370416100Wisconsin151240404050Total406121018128380Region 6Arkansas0000000000Louisiana1100100000New Mexico111078711830Oklahoma0000000000Texas9501000000Total211679811830Region 7Iowa91071002251Kansas3540313010Missouri5733411000Nebraska4110412010Total21231541138271Region 8Colorado58030111100Montana2210312020N. Dakota2200022120S. Dakota0000000000Utah0200000000Wyoming, Federal2100010000Total11151335521403/11/09Overview of WPS Violations During 2008 InspectionsRegionsStatesPesticideSafetyTraningCentralPostingNotice ofApplicationEntryRestrictionsPersonalProtectiveEquipmentMix/LoadingApplicationEquip &ApplicationDeconSuppliesEmergencyAssistanceInformationExcahangeRetaliationR8 TribeConf. Salish &Kootenai Tribe0010000010Three Affiliated Tr0000000000Oglala Siox Tribe0000000000Ft. Peck Assiniboine& Sioux Tribe0000000000Chayenne River Sio0000000000Total0010000010Region 9Arizona5613060112110283626California41000314100Hawaii1312110408000Nevada4560404010Guam3333333330Saipan, CNMI0000000000American Samoa00000000000000000000Total8016080143514477666R9 TribesSRPMIC0000000000CRIT EPO0000000000Navajo Nation1000000000Gila River1000000000Total2000000000Region 10Alaska0000010000Idaho0122412030Oregon31744055239010Washington1622658514610Total4797127679556503/11/09300250200150100500Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8 Region 8 Region 9 R9 Tribes Region 10TribesPesticide Safety TraningCentral PostingNotice of ApplicationEntry RestrictionsPersonal Protective EquipmentDecon SuppliesInformation ExcahangeWPS Violations During 2008 Inspections80075770060055550040030024721620720013210056533370PesticideCentral Notice of Entry PersonalMix/LoadingDecon Emergency Information RetaliationSafetyPosting Application Restrictions ProtectiveApplicationSupplies Assistance ExcahangeTraningEquipmentEquip &ApplicationFY2008 Overview of WPS Violations