Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-233 - Worker protection standards › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16-233-026 - Display requirements for pesticide safety information and pesticide application and hazard information-40 C.F.R., Section 170.311

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
Display of pesticide safety
				  information.
Whenever pesticide safety information and pesticide
				  application and hazard information are required to be provided under WAC
				  16-233-021(8),
				  pesticide safety information must be legible and displayed in accordance with
				  this subsection.
(a)
General.
The pesticide safety information must be conveyed in a manner that
				  workers and handlers can understand.
(b) The pesticide safety information must
				  include all of the following points:
(i) Avoid
				  getting on the skin or into the body any pesticides that may be on or in
				  plants, soil, irrigation water, tractors, and other equipment, on used personal
				  protective equipment, or drifting from nearby applications.
(ii) Wash before eating, drinking, using
				  chewing gum or tobacco, or using the toilet.
(iii) Wear work clothing that protects the
				  body from pesticide residues (long-sleeved shirts, long pants, shoes and socks,
				  and a hat or scarf).
(iv) Wash or
				  shower with soap and water, shampoo hair, and put on clean clothes after
				  work.
(v) Wash work clothes
				  separately from other clothes before wearing them again.
(vi) If pesticides are spilled or sprayed on
				  the body use decontamination supplies to wash immediately, or rinse off in the
				  nearest clean water, including springs, streams, lakes or other sources if more
				  readily available than decontamination supplies, and as soon as possible, wash
				  or shower with soap and water, shampoo hair, and change into clean
				  clothes.
(vii) Follow directions
				  about keeping out of treated areas and application exclusion zones.
(viii) Instructions to employees to seek
				  medical attention as soon as possible if they believe they have been poisoned,
				  injured or made ill by pesticides.
(ix) The name, address, and telephone number
				  of a nearby operating medical care facility capable of providing emergency
				  medical treatment. This information must be clearly identified as emergency
				  medical contact information on the display.
(x) The name, address, and telephone number
				  of the Washington state department of agriculture, 1-844-388-2020 and
				  Washington state department of labor and industries, 1-800-4BE-SAFE
				  (1-800-423-7233).
(c)
Changes to pesticide safety information.
The agricultural
				  employer must update the pesticide safety information display within
				  twenty-four hours of notice of any changes to the information required in
				  (b)(ix) of this subsection.
(d)
Location.
The pesticide safety information must be displayed
				  at each of the following sites on the agricultural establishment:
(i) The site selected pursuant to subsection
				  (2)(b) of this section for display of pesticide application and hazard
				  information.
(ii) Anywhere that
				  decontamination supplies must be provided on the agricultural establishment
				  pursuant to WAC
				  16-233-126,
				  16-233-221
				  or
				  16-233-311,
				  but only when the decontamination supplies are located at permanent sites or
				  being provided at locations and in quantities to meet the requirements for
				  eleven or more workers or handlers.
(e)
Accessibility.
When
				  pesticide safety information is required to be displayed, workers and handlers
				  must be allowed access to the pesticide safety information at all times during
				  normal work hours.