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WSR 19-13-082
[Filed June 18, 2019, 9:58 a.m.]
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 16-23-142.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Chapter 296-307 WAC, Safety standards for agriculture, Part I Pesticides, worker protection standard (WPS).
Hearing Location(s): On August 20, 2019, at 1:00 p.m., at the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), 7273 Linderson Way S.W., Tumwater, WA 98501; on August 21, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., at L&I, 525 East College Way, Suite H, Mount Vernon, WA 98273; on August 22, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., at L&I, 3001 West Broadway Avenue, Moses Lake, WA 98837; and on August 23, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., at L&I, 15 West Yakima Avenue, Suite 100, Yakima, WA 98902.
Date of Intended Adoption: October 22, 2019.
Submit Written Comments to: Josefina Magana, P.O. Box 44620, Olympia, WA 98504-4620, email josefina.magana@Lni.wa.gov, fax 360-902-5619, by August 30, 2019.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Josefina Magana, phone 360-902-4233, fax 360-902-5619, email josefina.magana@Lni.wa.gov, by July 31, 2019.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued new requirements for agricultural employers and handler employers in WPS, 40 C.F.R. Part 170. EPA standards are designed to reduce the risks of illness or injury resulting from workers' and handlers' occupational exposures to pesticides used in the production of agricultural plants on farms or in nurseries, greenhouses, and forests and also from the accidental exposure of workers and other persons to such pesticides. It requires workplace practices designed to reduce or eliminate exposure to pesticides and establishes procedures for responding to exposure-related emergencies.
RCW 49.17.280 directs the department to adopt rules at-least-as-effective-as the federal EPA WPS. As such, the division of occupational safety and health (DOSH) is updating its WPS, chapter 296-307 WAC, Part I (WAC 296-307-107 through 296-307-13055) of chapter 296-307 WAC, Safety standards for agriculture. This proposal aligns the structure of the current WPS with the structure in the updated federal EPA WPS.
L&I and the Washington state department of agriculture (WSDA), as required, have been coordinating adoption of the standards to protect workers from pesticides. The goal is to ensure consistency between these departments in rule implementation and enforcement and to avoid conflict in interpretation and application of the rules.
DOSH rules are identical to the federal WPS and WSDA WPS except in the following areas which are more protective:
• Definition of immediate family.
• Cartridge change-out schedule.
• Enclosed cab respirator.
• Use of most protective personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Eyewashes must provide 0.4 gallons or 1.5 liters per minute for fifteen minutes with single point of operation.
• Heat stress requirements retained.
This rule was reorganized in order to update requirements from EPA, although the following sections are new, requirements were moved from current WPS sections as indicated.
A summary of the proposed amendments follows:
WAC 296-307-108 General provisions.
WAC 296-307-10805 Federal worker protection standards—Washington state department of labor and industries and 296-307-10810 Scope and purpose—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.301.
• The proposed rules maintain current worker protections and aligns with federal EPA and WSDA rules.
WAC 296-307-10815 Applicability—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.303.
• This section applies when pesticide product is used in the production of agricultural plants on an agricultural establishment.
• This section does not apply where WPS provides exceptions to label required PPE and restricted-entry intervals (REI).
WAC 296-307-10820 Definitions—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.305.
• This section defines terms used in WPS rules under chapter 296-307 WAC, Part I. New definitions added are: Application exclusion zone, commercial pesticide handler employer, designated representative, employ, enclosed space production, labor contractor, safety data sheet, outdoor production, worker housing area. Clarified definitions are: Agricultural emergency, closed system, enclosed cab, hand labor, handler, and handler employer, PPE. Removed definitions are: Animal premise, greenhouse, nursery, substantial economic loss.
• The term "use" was moved from current WAC 296-307-11015 to this section.
• PPE definition was moved from current WAC 296-307-13045 to this section.
WAC 296-307-10825 Agricultural employer duties—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.309.
• This section requires agricultural employers to provide safety information, including the labor contractors who supervise any workers or handlers, to make sure they receive protections of this part and can comply with it.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-11010 to this section and add the following, as required by EPA.
º Handlers and early entry workers must be eighteen years old.
• Move antidote requirement from WAC 296-307-12055.
WAC 296-307-10830 Display requirements for pesticide safety information and pesticide application and hazard information—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.311.
• This section requires agricultural employers to display safety information in a manner that workers and handlers can understand.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-12045 to this section.
• Add a note indicating that "using a phone" could be a route of exposure.
WAC 296-307-10835 Commercial pesticide handler employer duties—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.313.
• This section requires that the commercial pesticide handler employer ensures handlers receive protections of this part and can comply with it.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-12035.
• Add requirements to ensure pesticides are used consistent with pesticide product labeling and requirements of this part.
• Add requirement indicating handlers must be at least eighteen years old.
• Add requirement indicating commercial pesticide handler employer instructs handlers on safe operation of equipment used for mixing, loading, transferring, or applying pesticide.
• Add requirement indicating that when the handler employed by a commercial pesticide handling establishment will be in agricultural establishment they are provided information about specific locations and descriptions of treated areas with restricted entry intervals.
• Add requirement indicating commercial pesticide handler employer must provide the agricultural employer all of the following information before application of any pesticide:
º Use restrictions or directions on the pesticide product labeling that must be followed for protection of workers, handlers, or other persons.
º Updates on changes of scheduled application time.
• Add requirement indicating commercial pesticide handler employer must provide emergency assistance after learning of possible poison [poisoning].
• Add a requirement that persons do not clean or repair pesticide equipment, unless trained as a handler.
• Add requirement to provide records when requested by an employee of EPA or any authorized representative of WSDA or L&I.
WAC 296-307-10840 Prohibited actions—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.315.
• This section prohibits the agricultural employer from intimidating, threatening, coercing, or discriminating against any worker or handler for complying with WPS.
• Move all requirements from WAC 296-307-11010 to this section.
WAC 296-307-10845 Violations of this part—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.317.
• This section prohibits the unlawful use of pesticides contrary to label directions.
• Move all requirements from WAC 296-307-11015 to this section.
WAC 296-307-109 Requirements for protection of agricultural workers.
WAC 296-307-10905 Training requirements for workers—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.401.
• This section requires the agricultural employer to train workers every year as opposed to every five years. Additionally, the training program content has been increased.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-12040 to this section. Additionally, the following requirements are added:
º Potential hazards of pesticides to children and pregnant women.
º Keep children and family members away from pesticide-treated areas.
º After working in pesticide-treated areas, remove work boots or shoes before entering your home, and remove work clothes and wash or shower before physical contact with children or family members.
º How to report suspected pesticide use violations.
º Pesticide applications must be suspended application if a worker or other person is in the application exclusion zone (AEZ).
• Add requirements for training facilities, trainers and training materials which must be approved by EPA.
• Add that workers must be at least eighteen before performing early-entry activities and that children and other family members be kept away from pesticide treated areas.
WAC 296-307-10910 Establishment-specific information for workers—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.403.
• This section requires the agricultural employer to inform workers of the following prior to performing activities in any treated area:
º The location of pesticide safety information.
º The location of pesticide application and hazard information.
º The location of decontamination supplies.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-12030 to this section.
WAC 296-307-10915 Entry restrictions associated with pesticide applications—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.405.
• This section requires that the agricultural employer not allow or direct any worker or other person, other than appropriately trained, to enter or remain in treated area or an AEZ until application is complete.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-12015 to this section.
• Add a requirement about the employer not allowing or directing any worker or other person to remain or enter in the treated area or AEZ that is within the boundaries of the establishment.
• Add Table 1 which has a summary of outdoor production AEZ.
• Update Table 2, which has a summary of enclosed space production pesticide application.
WAC 296-307-10920 Worker entry restrictions after pesticide applications—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.407.
• This section requires that the agricultural employer not allow workers to enter treated areas before an REI has expired or warning signs have been removed or covered.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-12020 to this section.
WAC 296-307-10925 Oral and posted notification of worker entry restrictions—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.409.
• This section requires the agricultural employer to notify workers of all entry restrictions required by WAC 296-307-10915 and 296-307-10920.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-12025 to this section. Provides for more specific requirements than in current WPS. Notification changes include an REI-specific notice action that does not exist in current WPS.
WAC 296-307-10930 Decontamination supplies for workers—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.411.
• This section requires that the agricultural employer provide decontamination supplies to workers performing activities where a pesticide is applied.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-12050 to this section. This includes:
º Current requirement regarding decontamination after early entry.
WAC 296-307-112 Requirements for protection of agricultural pesticide handlers.
WAC 296-307-11205 Training requirements for handlers—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.501.
• This section requires that the handler employer ensures the handler has been trained in accordance with this section and within the last twelve months.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-13025 to this section. Training cards requirement is removed.
• Add requirement about the trainer indicating they must meet one of the following:
º Designated as a trainer of certified applicators or pesticide handlers.
º Have completed a pesticide safety train-the-trainer program approved by a state, federal, or tribal agency.
º Be currently certified as an applicator of restricted use pesticide.
º The record must include:
■ The trained handler's printed name and signature.
■ The date of training.
■ Information identifying EPA-approved materials were used.
■ The trainer's name and documentation showing that the trainer met requirements of training.
■ The handler employer's name.
• Add requirements that employers must provide the handler a copy of training information if requested, and that training records must be kept for seven years for each handler.
• Add note from current WAC 296-307-13025 indicating employees be trained in accordance with chapter 296-901 WAC, Globally harmonized system for hazard communication.
WAC 296-307-11210 Knowledge of labeling, application-specific, and establishment-specific information for handlers.
• This section requires that the handler employer ensure the handler reads the portions of the label applicable to the safe use of the pesticides before doing handling activities.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-13030 to this section.
WAC 296-307-11215 Requirements during applications to protect handlers, workers, and other persons—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.505.
• This section requires that the handler employer ensures that no pesticide is applied so as to contact directly or through drift, any worker or other person.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-13010 to this section.
• Add new requirement indicating that the handler must suspend application if any worker or other person is in the AEZ.
WAC 296-307-11220 Personal protective equipment—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.507.
• This section highlights the responsibilities of the employer regarding PPE.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-13045 to this section. Specifically leave current WPS requirement regarding two pesticides being applied.
º If two pesticides are being applied that have different PPE requirements, the employer must provide and ensure the handler or worker uses the most protective PPE or PPE that will protect against both pesticides.
• Add chemical resistant category table for clarification in order to make it clearer for employers to comply.
WAC 296-307-11225 Decontamination and eye flushing supplies for handlers—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.509.
• This section requires that the handler employer provide decontamination and eye flushing supplies in accordance with this section for any handler.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-13010 to this section. Keep requirement regarding cartridge replacement to take place at end of shift.
• Keep requirement indicating that when a handler is mixing or loading a pesticide product whose labeling requires protective eyewear, the handler employer must provide, at each mixing and loading station, one plummeted or portable eye was [wash] system that can deliver running water at a rate of at least .4 gallons per minute for at least fifteen minutes.
WAC 296-307-114 Exemptions, exceptions and equivalency—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.601.
WAC 296-307-11405 Exemptions.
• This section highlights exceptions for owners of agricultural establishments.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-12010 to this section.
• Add a requirement that certified crop advisors may make their own determination for the appropriate PPE for entry into treated area.
WAC 296-307-11410 Exceptions for entry by workers during restricted-entry intervals—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.603.
• This section highlights exceptions to entry by workers during REIs.
• Consolidated agricultural emergency language to maintain current protections.
WAC 296-307-11415 Agricultural employer responsibilities to protect workers entering treated areas during a restricted-entry interval—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.605.
• This section requires agricultural employer to provide information regarding entry during restricted entry interval.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-12020 to this section. Keep heat related illness language.
WAC 296-307-11420 Exceptions to personal protective equipment requirements specified on pesticide product labeling—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.607.
• This section highlights exceptions to PPE.
• Move requirements from WAC 296-307-13045 to this section.
• Incorporate aspects of the current enclosed cab language to allow for good hygiene practices and not lower protections.
WAC 296-307-110 Scope and purpose.
• Repeal this section and move to WAC 296-307-10810.
WAC 296-307-11005 Definitions.
• Repeal this section and move to WAC 296-307-10820.
WAC 296-307-11010 General duties and prohibited actions.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-10825.
WAC 296-307-11015 Violations of this part.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-10835.
WAC 296-307-120 Applicability of this section.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-10815.
WAC 296-307-12005 Exceptions.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-11410.
WAC 296-307-12010 Exemptions.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-11405.
WAC 296-307-12015 Restrictions associated with pesticide applications.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-10915.
WAC 296-307-12020 Entry restrictions.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-10920.
WAC 296-307-12025 Notice of applications.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-10925.
WAC 296-307-12030 Providing specific information about applications.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-10830.
WAC 296-307-12035 Notice of applications to handler employers.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-11210.
WAC 296-307-12040 Pesticide safety training.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-10905.
WAC 296-307-12045 Posted pesticide safety information.
WAC 296-307-12050 Decontamination.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-10930.
WAC 296-307-12055 Emergency assistance.
WAC 296-307-130 Applicability of this section—Standards for pesticide handlers.
WAC 296-307-13010 Restrictions during applications.
WAC 296-307-13015 Providing specific information about applications.
WAC 296-307-13020 Notice of applications to agricultural employers.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-11415.
WAC 296-307-13025 Pesticide safety training.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-11205.
WAC 296-307-13030 Knowledge of labeling and site-specific information.
WAC 296-307-13035 Safe operation of equipment.
WAC 296-307-13040 Posted pesticide safety information.
WAC 296-307-13045 Personal protective equipment.
• Repeal this section and move requirements to WAC 296-307-11220.
WAC 296-307-13050 Decontamination.
WAC 296-307-13055 Emergency assistance.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Under RCW 49.17.280, DOSH is required to update our rules to be at-least-as-effective-as the federal EPA WPS. The federal EPA WPS are designed to reduce the risks of illness or injury resulting from workers' and handlers' occupational exposures to pesticides used in the production of agricultural plants on farms or in nurseries, greenhouses, and forests and also from the accidental exposure of workers and other persons to such pesticides.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.280.
Rule is necessary because of federal law, 40 C.F.R. Part 170.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. This rule making is exempted under RCW 34.05.328 (5)(b)(iii) from the requirement for a cost-benefit analysis. The proposed rules are adopting or incorporating by reference without material change federal statutes or regulatory changes.
WAC 296-307-108General provisions.
WAC 296-307-10805Federal worker protection standards—Washington state department of labor and industries.
This part contains the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) worker protection standards as listed in 40 C.F.R., Part 170. Revisions to the federal language have been incorporated into this part in order to be consistent with other requirements of Washington state law. These rules are adopted in conjunction with rules adopted by the Washington state department of labor and industries in this chapter, Part I and the Washington state department of agriculture in chapter 16-233 WAC.
WAC 296-307-10810Scope and purpose—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.301.
This part contains standards designed to reduce the risks of illness or injury resulting from workers' and handlers' occupational exposures to pesticides used in the production of agricultural plants on agricultural establishments and also to reduce the accidental exposure of workers and other persons to such pesticides. It requires handlers to wear the label specified clothing and personal protective equipment when performing handler activities, and to take measures to protect workers and other persons during pesticide applications. It also requires workplace practices designed to reduce or eliminate exposure to pesticides and establishes procedures for responding to exposure-related emergencies.
WAC 296-307-10815Applicability—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.303.
(1) This regulation applies whenever a pesticide product bearing a label requiring compliance with this part is used in the production of agricultural plants on an agricultural establishment, except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section.
(2) This regulation does not apply when a pesticide product bearing a label requiring compliance with this part is used on an agricultural establishment in any of the following circumstances:
(3) Where a pesticide product's labeling-specific directions for use or other labeling requirements are inconsistent with requirements of this chapter, users must comply with the pesticide product labeling, except as provided for in WAC 296-307-11405, 296-307-11410, and 296-307-11420.
WAC 296-307-10820Definitions—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.305.
Terms used in this part have the same meanings they have in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended. In addition, the following terms, when used in this part, shall have the following meanings:
"Agricultural emergency" for agricultural emergencies see WAC 296-307-11410 (3)(a).
"Agricultural employer" means any person who is an owner of, or is responsible for the management or condition of, an agricultural establishment, and who employs any worker or handler.
"Agricultural establishment" means any farm, forest operation, or nursery engaged in the outdoor or enclosed space production of agricultural plants. An establishment that is not primarily agricultural is an agricultural establishment if it produces agricultural plants for transplant or use (in part or their entirety) in another location instead of purchasing the agricultural plants.
"Agricultural plant" means any plant, or part thereof, grown, maintained, or otherwise produced for commercial purposes, including growing, maintaining or otherwise producing plants for sale or trade, for research or experimental purposes, or for use in part or their entirety in another location. Agricultural plant includes, but is not limited to, grains; fruits and vegetables; wood fiber or timber products; flowering and foliage plants and trees; seedlings and transplants; and turf grass produced for sod. Agricultural plant does not include pasture or rangeland used for grazing.
"Application exclusion zone" means the area surrounding the application equipment that must be free of all persons other than appropriately trained and equipped handlers during pesticide applications.
"Chemigation" means the application of pesticides through irrigation systems.
"Closed system" means an engineering control used while removing pesticide contents from its original container, preventing the pesticide from contacting handlers. It is used to protect handlers or other persons from pesticide exposure hazards when mixing and loading pesticides. When used properly and as intended, water-soluble packaging may qualify as a type of closed system.
"Commercial pesticide handler employer" means any person, other than an agricultural employer, who employs any handler to perform handler activities on an agricultural establishment. A labor contractor who does not provide pesticide application services or supervise the performance of handler activities, but merely employs laborers who perform handler activities at the direction of an agricultural or handler employer, is not a commercial pesticide handler employer.
"Commercial pesticide handling establishment" means any enterprise, other than an agricultural establishment, that provides pesticide handler or crop advising services to agricultural establishments.
"Crop advisor" means any person who is assessing pest numbers, damage, pesticide distribution, or the status or requirements of agricultural plants and who holds a current Washington state department of agriculture commercial consultant license in the agricultural areas in which they are advising. The term does not include any person who is performing hand labor tasks.
"Designated representative" means any persons designated in writing by a worker or handler to exercise a right of access on behalf of the worker or handler to request and obtain a copy of the pesticide application and hazard information required by WAC 296-307-10825(8) in accordance with WAC 296-307-10830(2).
"Early entry" means entry by a worker into a treated area on the agricultural establishment after a pesticide application is complete, but before any restricted-entry interval for the pesticide has expired.
"Employ" means to obtain, directly or through a labor contractor, the services of a person in exchange for any type of compensation including a salary, wages, or piece-rate wages, without regard to who may pay or who may receive the salary or wages. It includes obtaining the services of a self-employed person, an independent contractor, or a person compensated by a third party, except that it does not include an agricultural employer obtaining the services of a handler through a commercial pesticide handler employer or a commercial pesticide handling establishment.
"Enclosed cab" means a cab with a nonporous barrier that totally surrounds the occupant(s) of the cab and prevents contact with pesticides that are being applied outside of the cab. Refer to WAC 296-307-11420(5).
"Enclosed space production" means production of an agricultural plant indoors or in a structure or space that is covered in whole or in part by any nonporous covering or that is covered and enclosed in a way that would obstruct natural air flow (e.g., greenhouse, hoop houses, polyhouses, rhubarb houses), and that is large enough to permit a person to enter. Structures, such as shade houses with a covering made of fencing or fabric to provide shade on plants that do not have any walls are not considered enclosed spaces.
"Farm" means any operation, other than a nursery or forest, engaged in the outdoor production of agricultural plants.
"Forest" means any operation engaged in the outdoor production of any agricultural plant to produce wood fiber or timber products.
"Fumigant" means any pesticide product that is a vapor or gas, or forms a vapor or gas upon application, and whose pesticidal action is achieved through the gaseous or vapor state.
"Hand labor" means 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) and other surfaces 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 performing crop advisor tasks or operating, moving, or repairing irrigation or watering equipment. For irrigation or watering equipment used during chemigation see handler activities.
"Handler" means any person, including a self-employed person, who is employed by an agricultural employer or commercial pesticide handler employer and performs any of the following activities:
• Mixing, loading, or applying pesticides.
• Disposing of pesticides.
• Handling opened containers of pesticides, emptying, triple-rinsing, or cleaning pesticide containers according to pesticide product labeling instructions, or disposing of pesticide containers that have not been cleaned. The term does not include any person who is only handling unopened pesticide containers or pesticide containers that have been emptied or cleaned according to pesticide product labeling instructions.
• Acting as a flagger.
• Cleaning, adjusting, handling, or repairing the parts of mixing, loading, or application equipment that may contain pesticide residues, including irrigation equipment used for chemigation.
• Assisting with the application of pesticides.
• Entering an enclosed space after the application of a pesticide and before the inhalation exposure level listed in the labeling has been reached or one of the ventilation criteria established in WAC 296-307-10915 (2)(c) or the labeling has been met to operate ventilation equipment, monitor air levels, or adjust or remove coverings used in fumigation.
• Entering a treated area outdoors after application of any soil fumigant during the labeling-specified entry-restricted period to adjust or remove coverings used in fumigation.
• Performing tasks as a crop advisor during any pesticide application or restricted-entry interval, or before the inhalation exposure level listed in the pesticide product labeling has been reached or one of the ventilation criteria established in WAC 296-307-10915 (2)(c) or the pesticide product labeling has been met, and either inhalation exposure levels are below PELs in WAC 296-307-624, Part Y-6 Respiratory hazards, or respiratory protection is provided and worn according to requirements in WAC 296-307-594, Part Y-5.
"Handler employer" means any person who is self-employed as a handler or who employs any handler.
"Immediate family" includes only spouse, children, stepchildren, foster children, parents, stepparents, foster parents, brothers, and sisters.
"Labor contractor" means a person, other than a commercial pesticide handler employer, who employs workers or handlers to perform tasks on an agricultural establishment for an agricultural employer or a commercial pesticide handler employer.
"Outdoor production" means production of an agricultural plant in an outside area that is not enclosed or covered in any way by nonporous material. This includes shade houses without sides, that may minimally obstruct the natural airflow.
"Owner" means any person who has a present possessory interest (e.g., fee, leasehold, rental, or other) in an agricultural establishment. A person who has both leased such agricultural establishment to another person and granted that same person the right and full authority to manage and govern the use of such agricultural establishment is not an owner for purposes of this chapter.
"Personal protective equipment" means devices, appliances or apparel that are worn or used to protect the body from exposure to safety and health hazards. PPE that protects against chemical hazards such as pesticides or pesticide residues including, but not limited to: Coveralls, chemical-resistant suits, chemical-resistant gloves, chemical-resistant footwear, respirators, chemical-resistant aprons, chemical-resistant headgear, and protective eyewear.
"Restricted-entry interval (REI)" means the time after the end of a pesticide application during which entry into the treated area is restricted.
"Safety data sheet (SDS)" means written or printed material concerning a hazardous chemical that is prepared in accordance with WAC 296-901-14014.
"Treated area" means any area to which a pesticide is being directed or has been directed.
"Use," as in "to use a pesticide" means any of the following:
• Preapplication activities including, but not limited to:
- Arranging for the application of the pesticide.
- Mixing and loading the pesticide.
- Making necessary preparations for the application of the pesticide, including responsibilities related to worker notification, training of workers or handlers, providing decontamination supplies, providing pesticide safety information and pesticide application and hazard information, use and care of personal protective equipment, providing emergency assistance, and heat stress management.
• Application of the pesticide.
• Postapplication activities intended to reduce the risks of illness and injury resulting from handlers' and workers' occupational exposures to pesticide residues during and after the restricted-entry interval, including responsibilities related to worker notification, training of workers or early entry workers, providing decontamination supplies, providing pesticide safety information and pesticide application and hazard information, use and care of personal protective equipment, providing emergency assistance, and heat stress management.
• Other pesticide-related activities including, but not limited to, transporting or storing pesticides that have been opened, cleaning equipment, and disposing of excess pesticides, spray mix, equipment wash waters, pesticide containers, and other pesticide-containing materials.
"Worker" means any person, including a self-employed person, who is employed and performs activities directly relating to the production of agricultural plants on an agricultural establishment.
"Worker housing area" means any place or area of land on or near an agricultural establishment where housing or space for housing is provided for workers or handlers by an agricultural employer, owner, labor contractor, or any other person responsible for the recruitment or employment of agricultural workers.
WAC 296-307-10825Agricultural employer duties—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.309.
(1) Ensure that any pesticide is used in a manner consistent with the pesticide product labeling, including the requirements of this part, when applied on the agricultural establishment.
(2) Ensure that each worker and handler subject to this part receives the protections required by this part.
(4) Provide to each person, including labor contractors, who supervises any workers or handlers, information and directions sufficient to ensure that each worker and handler receives the protections required by this part. Such information and directions must specify the tasks for which the supervisor is responsible in order to comply with the provisions of this part.
(5) Require each person, including labor contractors, who supervises any workers or handlers, to provide sufficient information and directions to each worker and handler to ensure that they can comply with the provisions of this part.
(a) Make available to that person prompt transportation from the agricultural establishment, including any worker housing area on the establishment, to an operating medical care facility capable of providing emergency medical treatment to a person exposed to pesticides.
(b) Provide all of the following information to that person or to the treating medical personnel:
(i) Copies of the applicable safety data sheet(s)(SDS) and the product name(s), EPA registration number(s) and active ingredient(s) for each pesticide product to which the person may have been exposed.
(iv) Antidote, first aid and other medical information from the product labeling.
(7) Ensure that workers or other persons employed or supervised by the agricultural establishment do not clean, repair, or adjust pesticide application equipment, unless trained as a handler under WAC 296-307-11205. Before allowing any person not directly employed or supervised by the agricultural establishment to clean, repair, or adjust equipment that has been used to mix, load, transfer, or apply pesticides, the agricultural employer shall assure that pesticide residues have been removed from the equipment if feasible and must provide all of the following information to such person:
(8) Display, maintain, and provide access to pesticide safety information and pesticide application and hazard information that is legible and in accordance with WAC 296-307-10830. If workers or handlers are on the establishment and within the last thirty days a pesticide product has been used or a restricted-entry interval for such pesticide has been in effect on the establishment.
(11) The agricultural employer must notify a commercial pesticide handler employer (CPHER) of any specific locations and descriptions of those treated areas and any restrictions on entering the treated areas with restricted-entry intervals (REIs) in effect whenever:
(a) A handler employed by a CPHER will be on the agricultural establishment; and
(b) The CPHER handler may be in or walk within a quarter mile of any pesticide treated area with restricted-entry interval (REI) in effect.
(12) Ensure that workers do not enter any area on the agricultural establishment where a pesticide has been applied until the applicable pesticide application and hazard information for each pesticide product applied to that area is displayed in accordance with WAC 296-307-10830(2) and until after the restricted-entry interval has expired and all treated area warning signs have been removed or covered, except for entry permitted by WAC 296-307-11410.
(13) Provide any records or other information required by this section for inspection and copying upon request by an employee of EPA, or any duly authorized representatives of the Washington state department of agriculture or department of labor and industries.
(14) Pesticide safety, application, and hazard information must remain legible at all times when the information is required to be displayed. This information must be in accordance with WAC 296-307-10830.
WAC 296-307-10830Display requirements for pesticide safety information and pesticide application and hazard information—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.311.
(1) Display of pesticide safety information. Whenever pesticide safety information and pesticide application and hazard information are required to be provided under WAC 296-307-10825(8), pesticide safety information must be legible and displayed in accordance with this subsection.
Consider including other activities that could be a route of exposure such as using a phone or cell phone, or tablet, applying makeup, and getting into a personal vehicle.
(x) The name, address, and telephone number of the Washington state department of agriculture and Washington state department of labor and industries, 1-800-4BE-SAFE (1-800-423-7233).
(ii) Anywhere that decontamination supplies must be provided on the agricultural establishment pursuant to WAC 296-307-10930, 296-307-11225 or 296-307-11415, but only when the decontamination supplies are located at permanent sites or being provided at locations and in quantities to meet the requirements of ten or more gallons of water.
(2) Keeping and displaying pesticide application and hazard information. Whenever pesticide safety information and pesticide application and hazard information is required to be provided under WAC 296-307-10825(8), pesticide application and hazard information for any pesticides that are used on the agricultural establishment must be displayed in a legible manner, retained, and made accessible in accordance with this subsection.
(i) A copy of the safety data sheet (SDS).
(d) Timing. The pesticide application and hazard information for each pesticide product applied must be displayed no later than twenty-four hours after the end of the application of the pesticide. The pesticide application and hazard information must be displayed continuously from the beginning of the display period until at least thirty days after the end of the last applicable restricted-entry interval, or until workers or handlers are no longer on the establishment, whichever is earlier.
(e) Record retention. Whenever pesticide safety information and pesticide application and hazard information is required to be displayed in accordance with this subsection, the agricultural employer must retain the pesticide application and hazard information described in (a) of this subsection on the agricultural establishment for seven years after the date of expiration of the restricted-entry interval applicable to the pesticide application conducted.
(f) Access to pesticide application and hazard information by a worker or handler.
(i) If a person is or was employed as a worker or handler by an establishment during the period that particular pesticide application and hazard information was required to be displayed and retained in accordance with (e) and (f) of this subsection, and the person requests a copy of such application and/or hazard information, or requests access to such application and/or hazard information after it is no longer required to be displayed, the agricultural employer must provide the worker or handler with a copy of or access to all of the requested information within fifteen days of the receipt of any such request. The worker or handler may make the request orally or in writing.
(g) Access to pesticide application and hazard information by treating medical personnel. Any treating medical personnel, or any person acting under the supervision of treating medical personnel, may request, orally or in writing, access to or a copy of any information required to be retained for seven years in (f) of this subsection in order to inform diagnosis or treatment of a worker or handler who was employed on the establishment during the period that the information was required to be displayed. The agricultural employer must promptly provide a copy of or access to all of the requested information applicable to the worker's or handler's time of employment on the establishment after receipt of the request.
(h) Access to pesticide application and hazard information by a designated representative.
(i) Any worker's or handler's designated representative may request access to or a copy of any information required to be retained for seven years in (f) of this subsection on behalf of a worker or handler employed on the establishment during the period that the information was required to be displayed. The agricultural employer must provide access to or a copy of the requested information applicable to the worker's or handler's time of employment on the establishment within fifteen days after receiving any such request, provided the request meets the requirements specified in (h)(ii) of this subsection.
(D) If the worker or handler requests that the pesticide application and/or the hazard information be sent, direction for where to send the information (e.g., mailing address or email address).
(iii) If the written request from a designated representative contains all of the necessary information specified in (h)(i) and (ii) of this subsection, the employer must provide a copy of or access to all of the requested information applicable to the worker's or handler's time of employment on the establishment to the designated representative within fifteen days of receiving the request.
WAC 296-307-10835Commercial pesticide handler employer duties—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.313.
(1) Ensure that any pesticide is used in a manner consistent with the pesticide product labeling, including the requirements of this part, when applied on an agricultural establishment by a handler employed by the commercial pesticide handling establishment.
(2) Ensure each handler employed by the commercial pesticide handling establishment and subject to this part receives the protections required by this part.
(4) Provide to each person, including labor contractors, who supervises any handlers employed by the commercial pesticide handling establishment, information and directions sufficient to ensure that each handler receives the protections required by this part. Such information and directions must specify the tasks for which the supervisor is responsible in order to comply with the provisions of this part.
(5) Require each person, including labor contractors, who supervises any handlers employed by the commercial pesticide handling establishment, to provide sufficient information and directions to each handler to ensure that the handler can comply with the provisions of this part.
(e) Whether posting, oral notification or both are required under WAC 296-307-10925.
(a) Make available to that person prompt transportation from the commercial pesticide handling establishment, or any agricultural establishment on which that handler may be working on behalf of the commercial pesticide handling establishment, to an operating medical care facility capable of providing emergency medical treatment to a person exposed to pesticides.
(12) Ensure that persons directly employed by the commercial pesticide handling establishment do not clean, repair, or adjust pesticide application equipment, unless trained as a handler under WAC 296-307-11205. Before allowing any person not directly employed by the commercial pesticide handling establishment to clean, repair, or adjust equipment that has been used to mix, load, transfer, or apply pesticides, the commercial pesticide handler employer shall assure that pesticide residues have been removed from the equipment if feasible and must provide all of the following information to such persons:
(13) Provide any records or other information required by this part for inspection and copying upon request by an employee of EPA or any duly authorized representative of the Washington state department of agriculture or the department of labor and industries.
WAC 296-307-10840Prohibited actions—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.315.
No agricultural employer, commercial pesticide handler employer, or other person involved in the use of a pesticide to which this part applies, shall intimidate, threaten, coerce, or discriminate against any worker or handler for complying with or attempting to comply with this part, or because the worker or handler provided, caused to be provided or is about to provide information to the employer or the EPA or any duly authorized representative of the Washington state department of agriculture, or the department of labor and industries regarding conduct that the worker or handler reasonably believes violates this part, has made a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing concerning compliance with this part, or has objected to, or refused to participate in, any activity, policy, practice, or assigned task that the worker or handler reasonably believed to be in violation of this part. Any such intimidation, threat, coercion, or discrimination violates the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Section 12 (a)(2)(G), 7 U.S.C. 136j (a)(2)(G).
WAC 296-307-10845Violations of this part—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.317.
(1) RCW 15.58.150 (2)(c) provides that it is unlawful for any person "…to use or cause to be used any pesticide contrary to label directions…." When 40 C.F.R., Part 170 is referenced on a label, users must comply with all of its requirements, except those that are inconsistent with product-specific instructions on the pesticide product labeling, except as provided for in WAC 296-307-11405, 296-307-11410, and 296-307-11420.
(2) A person who has a duty under this part, as referenced on the pesticide product labeling, and who fails to perform that duty, violates RCW 15.58.330 and 17.21.315, FIFRA Section 12 (a)(2)(G), and is subject to civil penalties under RCW 15.58.335, 15.58.260, and 17.21.315.
(4) The requirements of this part including the decontamination requirements, must not, for the purposes of Title 29 U.S.C. Sec. 653 (b)(1), be deemed to be the exercise of statutory authority to prescribe or enforce standards or regulations affecting the general sanitary hazards addressed by the WISHA Field Sanitation Standard, WAC 296-307-095, OSHA Field Sanitation Standard, 29 C.F.R. Sec. 1928.110, or other agricultural nonpesticide hazards.
WAC 296-307-109Requirements for protection of agricultural workers.
WAC 296-307-10905Training requirements for workers—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.401.
In addition to the training required by this section, the agricultural employer shall assure without exception, that all employees are trained in accordance with chapter 296-901 WAC, Globally harmonized system for hazard communication.
(b) A worker who has satisfied the handler training requirements in WAC 296-307-11205.
(c) A worker who is certified or licensed as a crop advisor by the Washington state department of agriculture under RCW 15.58.230, provided, that a requirement for such certification or licensing is pesticide safety training that includes all the topics in WAC 296-307-11205 (3)(b) or (c) as applicable depending on the date of training.
(xvi) Safety data sheets (SDSs) provide hazard, emergency medical treatment and other information about the pesticides used on the establishment they may come in contact with. The responsibility of agricultural employers to do all of the following:
(A) Display safety data sheets (SDSs) for all pesticides used on the establishment.
(B) Provide workers and handlers information about the location of the safety data sheets (SDSs) on the establishment.
(C) Provide workers and handlers unimpeded access to safety data sheets (SDSs) during normal work hours.
(xviii) The responsibility of agricultural employers to provide specific information to workers before directing them to perform early entry activities. Workers must be eighteen years old to perform early entry activities.
(xxiii) This section prohibits agricultural employers from intimidating, threatening, coercing, or discriminating against any worker or handler for complying with or attempting to comply with the requirements of this chapter part, or because the worker or handler provided, caused to be provided or is about to provide information to the employer, the EPA or its agents, or any duly authorized representative of the Washington state department of agriculture regarding conduct that the employee reasonably believes violates this chapter part, and/or made a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing concerning compliance with this chapter part.
WAC 296-307-10910Establishment-specific information for workers—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.403.
(1) The location of pesticide safety information required in WAC 296-307-10830(1).
(2) The location of pesticide application and hazard information required in WAC 296-307-10830(2).
(3) The location of decontamination supplies required in WAC 296-307-10930.
WAC 296-307-10915Entry restrictions associated with pesticide applications—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.405.
(a) During any outdoor production pesticide application, the agricultural employer must not allow or direct any worker or other person, other than an appropriately trained and equipped handler involved in the application, to enter or to remain in the treated area or an application exclusion zone (AEZ) that is within the boundaries of the establishment until the application is complete.
(b) A summary of outdoor production application exclusion zones (AEZ) can be found in Table 1 and is defined as follows:
(c) During any outdoor production pesticide application, the agricultural employer must not allow or direct any worker or other person, other than an appropriately trained and equipped handler involved in the application, to enter or to remain in the treated area or an application exclusion zone that is within the boundaries of the establishment until the application is complete.
(d) After the application is complete, the area subject to the labeling-specified restricted-entry interval and the postapplication entry restrictions specified in WAC 296-307-10920 is the treated area.
Entry Restrictions* - During Outdoor Production Pesticide Application (AEZ)
This applies to the area within the boundaries of the establishment, outside establishment boundaries, the handler must suspend application long enough to ensure no contact with any persons within the AEZ (see WAC 296-307-11215 (1) and (2)). Subsection (1)(b) and (c) of this section. During pesticide application and after application is complete, pesticide labeling-specified restricted-entry intervals and post-application restrictions apply to the treated area.
*During pesticides being applied:
(WAC 296-307-10915)
Prohibit workers and any persons, other than appropriately trained and equipped handlers, from being in the AEZ:
(A) Aerially
(B) Air blast application
(C) As a spray using a spray quality (droplet spectrum) of smaller than medium (volume median diameter of less than 294 microns)
(D) As a fumigant, smoke, mist, fog, or aerosol
Area that extends 100 feet horizontally in all directions from the application equipment until after the application is complete.
Not applied as (A), (B), (C), or (D) above and:
- From a height of greater than 12 inches from the planting medium; and
- As a spray using a medium or larger spray quality droplet spectrum of volume median diameter of 294 microns or greater.
Area that extends 25 feet horizontally in all directions from the application equipment until after the application is complete.
- Otherwise - No AEZ
Follow applicable label directions for restricted-entry intervals.
(a) During any enclosed space production pesticide application described in column 1 of Table 2 under (d) of this subsection, the agricultural employer must not allow or direct any worker or other person, other than an appropriately trained and equipped handler involved in the application, to enter or to remain in the application exclusion zone (AEZ) area specified in column 2 of Table 2 under (d) of this subsection during the application and until the time specified in column 3 of Table 2 under (d) of this subsection has expired.
(b) After the time specified in column 3 of Table 2 under (d) of this subsection has expired, the area subject to the labeling-specified restricted-entry interval and the postapplication entry restrictions specified in WAC 296-307-10920 is the area specified in column 4 of Table 2 under (d) of this subsection.
(c) When column 3 of Table 2 under (d) of this subsection specifies that ventilation criteria must be met, ventilation must continue until the air concentration is measured to be equal to or less than the inhalation exposure level required by the labeling. If no inhalation exposure level is listed on the labeling, ventilation must continue until after one of the following conditions is met:
Entry Restrictions During Enclosed Space Production Pesticide Applications
2. Prohibit workers and any persons, other than appropriately trained and equipped handlers, from being in the AEZ:
(a) As a fumigant.
Entire enclosed space plus any adjacent structure or area that cannot be sealed off from the treated area.
The ventilation criteria of subsection (2)(c) of this section are met.
No postapplication entry restrictions required by WAC 296-307-10920 after criteria in column 3 are met.
(b) As a:
Entire enclosed space.
(i) Smoke; or
(ii) Mist; or
(iii) Fog; or
(iv) Spray using a spray quality (droplet spectrum) of smaller than medium (volume median diameter of less than 294 microns).
(c) Not as in (a) or (b) above, the pesticide product label requires a respirator during application.
(d) Not as in (a), (b), or (c), above and:
Treated area plus 25 feet in all directions of the treated area, but not outside the enclosed space.
(i) From a height of greater than 12 inches from the planting medium; or
(ii) As a spray using a spray quality (droplet spectrum) of medium or larger (volume median diameter of 294 microns or greater).
Follow any applicable label restrictions for reentry.
Otherwise no AEZ.
WAC 296-307-10920Worker entry restrictions after pesticide applications—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.407.
(1) After the application of any pesticide to an area of outdoor production, the agricultural employer must not allow or direct any worker to enter or to remain in the treated area before the restricted-entry interval specified on the pesticide product labeling has expired and all treated area warning signs have been removed or covered, except for early entry activities permitted in WAC 296-307-11410.
(2) After the application of any pesticide to an area of enclosed space production, the agricultural employer must not allow or direct any worker to enter or to remain in the areas specified in column 4 of the table in WAC 296-307-10915 (2)(d), before the restricted-entry interval specified on the pesticide product labeling has expired and all treated area warning signs have been removed or covered, except for early entry activities permitted in WAC 296-307-11410.
(4) When two or more pesticides are applied to a treated area at the same time, the employer must provide and ensure employees, workers and handlers wear the applicable PPE to protect against all of the pesticides as a mixture and combined product.
WAC 296-307-10925Oral and posted notification of worker entry restrictions—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.409.
(1) General requirement. The agricultural employer must notify workers of all entry restrictions required in WAC 296-307-10915 and 296-307-10920 in accordance with this section.
(ii) From the start of the application to an outdoor production area until the end of any restricted-entry interval, the worker will not enter, work in, remain in, or pass on foot through the treated area or any area within one-quarter mile of the treated area on the agricultural establishment.
(2) Requirements for posted warning signs. If notification by posted warning signs is required pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the agricultural employer must, unless otherwise prescribed by the label, ensure that all warning signs meet the requirements of this subsection. When several contiguous areas are to be treated with pesticides on a rotating or sequential basis, the entire area may be posted. Worker entry is prohibited for the entire area while the signs are posted, except for entry permitted in WAC 296-307-11410.
(iv) Be removed or covered within three days after the end of the application or any restricted-entry interval, whichever is later.
(iii) When posting an enclosed space production area using the standard sign and the entire structure or space is subject to the labeling-specified restricted-entry interval and the postapplication entry restrictions specified in WAC 296-307-10920, the signs must be posted so they are visible from all reasonably expected points of worker entry to the structure or space. When posting treated areas in enclosed space production using the standard sign and the treated area only comprises a subsection of the structure or space, the signs must be posted so they are visible from all reasonably expected points of worker entry to the treated area including each aisle or other walking route that enters the treated area. Where there are no reasonably expected points of worker entry to the treated area, signs must be posted in the corners of the treated area or in any other location affording maximum visibility.
(iv) If a smaller warning sign is used with "DANGER" and "PELIGRO" in letters at least seven-eighths inch in height and the remaining letters at least one-half inch in height and a red circle at least three inches in diameter containing an upraised hand and a stern face, the signs must be posted no farther than fifty feet apart around the perimeter of the treated area in addition to the locations specified in (c)(ii) or (iii) of this subsection.
(v) If a smaller sign is used with "DANGER" and "PELIGRO" in letters at least seven-sixteenths inch in height and the remaining letters at least one-quarter inch in height and a red circle at least one and one-half inches in diameter containing an upraised hand and a stern face, the signs must be posted no farther than twenty-five feet apart around the perimeter of the treated area in addition to the locations specified in (c)(ii) or (iii) of this subsection.
(vi) A sign with "DANGER" and "PELIGRO" in letters less than seven-sixteenths inch in height or with any words in letters less than one-quarter inch in height or a red circle smaller than one and one-half inches in diameter containing an upraised hand and a stern face will not satisfy the requirements of this chapter part.
(a) The location(s) and description of any treated area(s) subject to the entry restrictions during and after application specified in WAC 296-307-10915 and 296-307-10920.
(b) The dates and times during which entry is restricted in any treated area(s) subject to the entry restrictions during and after application specified in WAC 296-307-10915 and 296-307-10920.
(c) Instructions not to enter the treated area or an application exclusion zone during application, and that entry to the treated area is not allowed until the restricted-entry interval has expired and all treated area warning signs have been removed or covered, except for entry permitted by WAC 296-307-11410.
WAC 296-307-10930Decontamination supplies for workers—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.411.
(2) Materials and quantities. The decontamination supplies required in subsection (1) of this section must provide adequate water at a minimum to include at least one gallon of water per worker at the beginning of each worker's work period for routine washing and emergency decontamination, soap, and single-use towels. The supplies must meet all of the following requirements:
(4) Location. The decontamination supplies must be located together outside any treated area or area subject to a restricted-entry interval, and must be reasonably accessible to the workers. The decontamination supplies must not be more than one-quarter mile from where workers are working, except that where workers are working more than one-quarter mile from the nearest place of vehicular access or more than one-quarter mile from any nontreated area, the decontamination supplies may be at the nearest place of vehicular access outside any treated area or area subject to a restricted-entry interval.
(5) Decontamination after early entry activities. At the end of any exposure period for workers engaged in early entry activities permitted by WAC 296-307-11415 and involving contact with anything that has been treated with the pesticide to which the restricted-entry interval applies including, but not limited to, soil, water, air, or surfaces of plants, the agricultural employer shall provide, at the site where the workers remove personal protective equipment, soap, clean towels, and an adequate amount of water so that the workers may wash thoroughly. At least ten gallons of water for one employee and twenty gallons of water for two or more employees shall be provided at early entry sites that do not have running water.
WAC 296-307-112Requirements for protection of agricultural pesticide handlers.
WAC 296-307-11205Training requirements for handlers—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.501.
(i) All the topics required in WAC 296-307-10905 (3)(c).
(xiv) The responsibility of agricultural employers to post treated areas as required by this part.
WAC 296-307-11210Knowledge of labeling, application-specific, and establishment-specific information for handlers—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.503.
(c) The handler employer must ensure that the handler is aware of requirements for any entry restrictions, application exclusion zones and restricted-entry intervals as described in WAC 296-307-10915 and 296-307-10920 that may apply based on the handler's activity.
(a) The location of pesticide safety information required in WAC 296-307-10830(1).
(b) The location of pesticide application and hazard information required in WAC 296-307-10830(2).
(c) The location of decontamination supplies required in WAC 296-307-11225.
WAC 296-307-11215Requirements during applications to protect handlers, workers, and other persons—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.505.
(2) Suspending applications. The handler performing the application must immediately suspend a pesticide application if any worker or other person, other than an appropriately trained and equipped handler involved in the application, is in the application exclusion zone described in WAC 296-307-10915 (1)(a) or the area specified in column 2 of the table in WAC 296-307-10915 (2)(d).
WAC 296-307-11220Personal protective equipment—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.507.
WAC 296-307-11225Decontamination and eye flushing supplies for handlers—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.509.
(1) Requirement. The handler employer must provide decontamination and eye flushing supplies in accordance with this section for any handler that is performing any handler activity or removing personal protective equipment at the place for changing required in WAC 296-307-11220 (4)(i).
(2) General conditions. The decontamination supplies required in subsection (1) of this section must include: At the site where handlers remove personal protective equipment, soap, clean towels, and a sufficient amount of water so that the handlers may wash thoroughly. At least ten gallons of water for one employee and twenty gallons of water for two or more employees shall be provided at mixing and loading sites that do not have running water. The decontamination and eye flushing supplies required in subsection (1) of this section must meet all of the following requirements:
(3) Location. The decontamination supplies must be located together outside any treated area or area subject to a restricted-entry interval, and must be reasonably accessible to each handler during the handler activity. The decontamination supplies must not be more than one-quarter mile from the handler, except that where the handler activity is more than one-quarter mile from the nearest place of vehicular access or more than one-quarter mile from any nontreated area, the decontamination supplies may be at the nearest place of vehicular access outside any treated area or area subject to a restricted-entry interval.
(a) Whenever a handler is mixing or loading a pesticide product whose labeling requires protective eyewear for handlers, or is mixing or loading any pesticide using a closed system operating under pressure, the handler employer must provide at each mixing and loading station and handler decontamination sites, immediately available to the handler, at least one plumbed or portable eye wash system that is capable of delivering gently running water at a rate of at least 0.4 gallons (l.5 liters) per minute for at least fifteen minutes, at least six gallons of water. A plumbed or portable system meeting the above requirements shall be provided at all permanent mixing and loading sites.
WAC 296-307-114Exemptions, exceptions and equivalency.
WAC 296-307-11405Exemptions—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.601.
(a) On any agricultural establishment where a majority of the establishment is owned by one or more members of the same immediate family, the owner(s) of the establishment are not required to provide the protections of the following sections to themselves or members of their immediate family when they are performing handling activities or tasks related to the production of agricultural plants that would otherwise be covered by this part on their own agricultural establishment.
(i) WAC 296-307-10825 (6) through (10).
(ii) WAC 296-307-10830.
(iii) WAC 296-307-10905.
(iv) WAC 296-307-10910.
(v) WAC 296-307-10925.
(vi) WAC 296-307-10930 and 296-307-11225.
(vii) WAC 296-307-11205.
(viii) WAC 296-307-11210.
(ix) WAC 296-307-11215 (2) and (3) or 296-307-11220(4).
(x) WAC 296-307-11220 (3) through (5).
(xi) WAC 296-307-11415 (1) through (3) and (5) through (10).
(b) The owners of agricultural establishments must provide all of the applicable protections required by this part for any employees or other persons on the establishment that are not members of their immediate family.
(2) Exemption for certified crop advisors. Certified crop advisors may make their own determination for the appropriate personal protective equipment for entry into a treated area during a restricted-entry interval and substitute their self-determined set of personal protective equipment for the labeling-required personal protective equipment, and the requirements of WAC 296-307-10825 (5) and (6), 296-307-10835(11), 296-307-11225(1), 296-307-11210, and 296-307-11225 do not apply to certified crop advisors provided the application is complete and all of the following conditions are met:
(b) The certification or licensing program requires pesticide safety training that includes all the information in WAC 296-307-11205 (3)(b) or (c) as applicable depending on the date of training.
WAC 296-307-11410Exceptions for entry by workers during restricted-entry intervals—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.603.
WAC 296-307-11415Agricultural employer responsibilities to protect workers entering treated areas during a restricted-entry interval—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.605.
(2) Prior to early entry, the agricultural employer must provide to each early entry worker the information described in (a) through (h) of this subsection. The information must be provided orally in a manner that the worker can understand.
(a) Location of early entry area where work activities are to be performed.
(d) Which exception in WAC 296-307-11410 is the basis for the early entry, and a description of tasks that may be performed under the exception.
(h) Location of the pesticide safety information required in WAC 296-307-10830(1) or 296-307-10835(1) and the location of the decontamination supplies required in subsection (8) of this section.
(4) The agricultural employer must ensure that each worker who enters a treated area during a restricted-entry interval is provided the personal protective equipment specified in the pesticide product labeling for early entry. The agricultural employer must ensure that the worker uses the personal protective equipment as intended according to manufacturer's instructions and follows any other applicable requirements on the pesticide product labeling. Personal protective equipment must conform to the standards in WAC 296-307-11220 (2)(a) through (i).
(5) The agricultural employer must maintain the personal protective equipment in accordance with WAC 296-307-11220 (3) and (4).
(7)(a) The agricultural employer must instruct each worker on the proper use and removal of the personal protective equipment, and as appropriate, on its cleaning, maintenance and disposal. The agricultural employer must not allow or direct any worker to wear home or to take home employer-provided personal protective equipment contaminated with pesticides.
(b) Each worker is instructed in the prevention, recognition, and first-aid treatment of heat-related illness.
(8) During any early entry activity, the agricultural employer must provide decontamination supplies in accordance with WAC 296-307-11225, except the decontamination supplies must be outside any area being treated with pesticides or subject to a restricted-entry interval, unless the decontamination supplies would otherwise not be reasonably accessible to workers performing early entry tasks.
(9) If the pesticide product labeling of the product applied requires protective eyewear, the agricultural employer must provide at least one pint of water per worker in portable containers for eye flushing that is immediately available to each worker who is performing early entry activities.
(10) At the end of any early entry activities the agricultural employer must provide, at the site where the workers remove personal protective equipment, soap, single-use towels and an adequate amount of water so that the workers may wash thoroughly. At least ten gallons of water for one employee and twenty gallons of water for two or more employees shall be provided at early entry sites that do not have running water.
WAC 296-307-11420Exceptions to personal protective equipment requirements specified on pesticide product labeling—40 C.F.R., Sec. 170.607.
(c) The exceptions in (a) of this subsection apply only where the handler employer has satisfied the requirements in WAC 296-307-10835 and all of the following conditions:
(a) If handling tasks are performed from inside a cab that has a nonporous barrier which totally surrounds the occupants of the cab and prevents contact with pesticides outside of the cab, exceptions to personal protective equipment specified on the product labeling for that handling activity are permitted as provided in (a) and (b) of this subsection.
(b) Persons occupying an enclosed cab shall have all labeling-specified personal protective equipment immediately available and stored in a chemical-resistant container, such as a plastic bag. They shall wear such personal protective equipment if it is necessary to exit the cab and contact pesticide-treated surfaces in the treated area. Once personal protective equipment is worn in the treated area, it must be removed before reentering the cab.
(c) Persons occupying such an enclosed cab may substitute a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, shoes, and socks for the labeling-specified personal protective equipment. If a respiratory protection device is specified on the pesticide product labeling for the handling activity, it must be worn.
(d) Persons occupying an enclosed cab that has a properly functioning ventilation system which is used and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's written operating instructions and which is declared in writing by the manufacturer to provide respiratory protection equivalent to or greater than a dust/mist filtering respirator may substitute a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, shoes, and socks for the labeling-specified personal protective equipment. If a respiratory protection device other than a dust/mist filtering respirator is specified on the pesticide product labeling, it must be worn.
(c) No such entry is allowed until any inhalation exposure level listed in the pesticide product labeling has been reached or any ventilation criteria required in WAC 296-307-10915 (2)(c) or the pesticide product labeling have been met, and either inhalation exposure levels are below PELs in WAC 296-307-624, Part Y-6 Respiratory hazards, or respiratory protection is provided and worn according to requirements in WAC 296-307-594, Part Y-5.
WAC 296-307-107
Federal worker protection standards—Washington state department of agriculture.
WAC 296-307-110
Scope and purpose—Worker protection standards—40 C.F.R., § 170.1.
WAC 296-307-11005
Definitions—Worker protection standards—40 C.F.R., § 170.3.
WAC 296-307-11010
General duties and prohibited actions—Worker protection standards—40 C.F.R., § 170.7.
WAC 296-307-11015
Violations of this part—Worker protection standards—40 C.F.R., § 170.9.
WAC 296-307-120
Applicability of this section—Standards for workers—40 C.F.R., § 170.102.
WAC 296-307-12005
Exceptions—Standards for workers—40 C.F.R., § 170.103.
WAC 296-307-12010
Exemptions—Standards for workers—40 C.F.R., § 170.104.
WAC 296-307-12015
Restrictions associated with pesticide applications—Standards for workers—40 C.F.R., § 170.110.
WAC 296-307-12020
Entry restrictions—Standards for workers—40 C.F.R., § 170.112.
WAC 296-307-12035
Notice of applications to handler employers—Standards for workers—40 C.F.R., § 170.124.
WAC 296-307-12040
WAC 296-307-12045
WAC 296-307-12055
Emergency assistance—Standards for workers—40 C.F.R., § 170.160.
WAC 296-307-130
Applicability of this section—Standards for pesticide handlers—40 C.F.R., § 170.202.
WAC 296-307-13005
Exemptions—Standards for handlers—40 C.F.R., § 170.204.
WAC 296-307-13010
Restrictions during applications—Standards for pesticide handlers—40 C.F.R., § 170.210.
WAC 296-307-13020
Notice of applications to agricultural employers—Standards for pesticide handlers—40 C.F.R., § 170.224.
WAC 296-307-13025
WAC 296-307-13040
Posted pesticide safety information—Standards for pesticide handlers—40 C.F.R., § 170.235.
WAC 296-307-13045
Personal protective equipment—Standards for pesticide handlers—40 C.F.R., § 170.240.
WAC 296-307-13055
Emergency assistance—Standards for pesticide handlers—40 C.F.R., § 170.260.