California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 6 - Pesticides and Pest Control Operations › Chapter 3 - Pest Control Operations › Subchapter 3 - Pesticide Worker Safety › Article 2 - General Safety Requirements › Section 6723 - Hazard Communication for Pesticide Handlers

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Before employees are allowed to handle pesticides, the employer shall display a
					 copy of a completed Written Hazard Communication Information for Employees
					 Handling Pesticides in Agricultural Settings (Pesticide Safety Information
					 Series leaflet A-8) or Hazard Communication Information for Employees Handling
					 Pesticides in Noncrop Settings (Pesticide Safety Information Series leaflet
					 N-8), as applicable, at a central location at the workplace. Upon request, the
					 employer shall read to the requesting employee, in a language understandable to
					 that employee, Pesticide Safety Information Series leaflet A-8/N-8. Pesticide
					 Safety Information Series Leaflet A-8/N-8 shall be written by the Department of
					 Pesticide Regulation in English and Spanish. Pesticide Safety Information
					 Series leaflets are available from the Department.
(b) The employer shall maintain, at a central
					 location at the workplace accessible to employees who handle pesticides, the
					 following:
(1) pesticide use records as
					 specified in section
					 6624(b), (c) and
					 (e) for pesticides that have been handled by
					 his or her employees.
(2) copies of
					 available Pesticide Safety Information Series leaflets which are applicable to
					 the pesticides and handling activities listed in the pesticide use records
					 referred to in subsection (b)(1).
(A) The A-8
					 must also be posted at all permanent decontamination facilities and
					 decontamination facilities servicing 11 or more handlers.
(B) Any changes to the A-8 relating to the
					 name, address, or telephone number of the facility providing emergency medical
					 care must be updated within 24 hours of the change.
(3) a Safety Data Sheet (SDS), as specified
					 by Title 8 California Code of Regulations, section
					 5194, for each pesticide listed in
					 the pesticide use records referred to in subsection (b)(1). If the SDS is not
					 provided by the registrant of a pesticide, the employer shall:
(A) within seven working days of a request
					 for a SDS from an employee, employee representative or employee's physician,
					 make written inquiry to the registrant of the pesticide, asking that a SDS be
					 sent to the employer. If the employer has made written inquiry within the last
					 12 months as to whether the pesticide is subject to the requirement for a SDS
					 or the employer has made a written inquiry within the last 6 months requesting
					 new, revised or later information on the SDS, the employer need not make
					 additional written inquiry. A copy of the written inquiry shall immediately be
					 sent to the person requesting the SDS;
(B) notify the requester of the availability
					 of the SDS or provide a copy of the SDS to the requester within 15 days of
					 receipt of the SDS from the registrant; and
(C) if a response has not been received from
					 the registrant within 25 working days of the date the inquiry was made, send
					 the Department a copy of the inquiry with a notation that no response has been
					 received. The employer is not precluded from obtaining and providing the SDS
					 utilizing other more expedient methods in lieu of those provided in this
					 subsection.