Appendix B also includes several fact sheets to help you comply with sections of the WPS that require you to provide information to others. Although the WPS does not require you to provide this information in written form, you may find that using photocopies of these fact sheets is a convenient way to make sure you convey all the necessary information. Finally, Appendix B includes some checklists you can use as reminders of your WPS duties.
Pesticide Application List

Fact Sheets:

• Information About Cleaning PPE
• Working Safely With Pesticide Equipment
• Custom Applicators Information To Be Provided to Agricultural Establishment Owners and Operators
• Agricultural Owners and Operators Information To Be Provided to Employers of Custom Applicators and Independent Crop Advisors

• WPS Requirements for Agricultural Workers
• WPS Requirements for Pesticide Handlers
• WPS Requirements for Commercial Handlers
• WPS Exemptions for Agricultural Owners

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                              Application #1              Application #2
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Area Treated:
Location & Description


_________________________________________________________________________
Product Name


_________________________________________________________________________
EPA Registration
Number


_________________________________________________________________________
Active Ingredient:
Common or
Chemical Name


_________________________________________________________________________
Application:
Month/Day/Time


_________________________________________________________________________
Restricted Entry Interval


_________________________________________________________________________
Do Not Enter Until:
Month/Day/Time


_________________________________________________________________________

Similar data is required by the Federal Recordkeeping Requirements for Certified Applicators of Fedffally Restricted Use Pesticides (RUP). For more information on the RUP recordkeeping requirements, contact AgTicultural Marketing Service, USDA, 8 700 Centerville Rd, Manassas, VA 22110. (703) 330- 7826.

Information About Cleaning PPE

Protect Yourself From Pesticides

• The clothing and protective equipment items you will be cleaning may have pesticides on them.
• Although you may not be able to see or smell the pesticides, they can rub off on you when you touch the clothing and equipment.
• If pesticides get on you, they can hurt you. They can:
  • cause skin rashes or burns,
  • go through your skin and into your body and make you ill,
  • burn your eyes,
  • make you ill if you breathe them or get them in your mouth.
• To avoid harm from the pesticide, you should:
  • Pour the clothes from their container into the washer without touching them.
  • Handle only the inner surfaces, such as the inside of boots, aprons, or coveralls.
  • Do not breathe the steam from the washer and dryer.
• Pesticides should not be allowed to stay on your hands:
  • When you wash clothing or equipment by hand, use plenty of water and rinse your hands often.
  • Wash your hands before eating, drinking, chewing gum, using tobacco, or using the toilet.
  • Wash your hands as soon as you finish handling the clothing or equipment.
• You should not allow clothing and equipment with pesticides on them to be washed with regular laundry. The pesticides can rub off on other items.

Cleaning Eyewear and Respirators

Cleaning Other PPE

• Follow the manufacturer's cleaning instructions. If the instructions say only to wash the item, or if there are no cleaning instructions, follow the procedure below.

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  Recommended procedure for washing most PPE:

  1. Rinse in a washing machine or by hand.
  2. Wash in a washing machine,using a heavy-duty detergent and hot water for the wash cycle.
  3. Wash only a few items at a time to allow plenty of agitation and water for dilution. Use the highest water-level setting.
  4. Rinse twice using two rinse cycles and warm water.
  5. Use two entire machine cycles to wash items that are moderately to heavily contaminated.
  6. Run the washer through at least one more entire cycle without clothing, using detergent and hot water, to clean the machine.

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• Some plastic or rubber items that are not flat, such as gloves, footwear, and coveralls, must be washed twice-once to clean the outside and a second time after turning the item inside out.
• Some items, such as heavy-duty boots and rigid hats or helmets, should be washed by hand using hot water and heavy-duty detergent.
• Hang the items to dry, if possible. Let them hang for at least 24 hours in an area with plenty of fresh air-preferably outdoors. Do not hang items in enclosed living areas.
• You may use a clothes dryer for fabric items if it is not possible to hang them to dry. But after repeated use, the dryer may become contaminated with pesticides.

Working Safely With Pesticide Equipment

• The equipment you will be cleaning, adjusting, or repairing may have pesticides on it. Although you may not be able to see or smell the pesticides, they can rub off on you when you touch the equipment.
• If pesticides get on you, they can hurt you. They can:
  • cause skin rashes or burns,
  • go through your skin and into your body and make you ill,
  • burn your eyes,
  • make you ill if you get them in your mouth.
• You should wear work clothing that protects your body from pesticide residues, such as long-sleeved shirts, long pants, shoes, and socks. If possible, avoid touching the parts of the equipment where the pesticide is most likely to be. Or, if practical for the job that you will be doing, consider wearing rubber or plastic gloves and an apron.
• You should not let pesticides stay on your hands:
  • Wash your hands as soon as you finish handling the equipment.
  • Wash your hands before eating, drinking, chewing gum, using tobacco, or using the toilet.
  • Wash or shower with soap and water, shampoo your hair, and put on clean clothes after work.
  • Wash work clothes that may have pesticides on them separately from other clothes before wearing them again.

Information To Be Provided to Employers of Custom Applicators and Independent Crop Advisors

Th following information refers to areas that your employees may need to enter, or come within 1/4 mile of on foot, while working, on this agricultural establishment.

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                              Application #1             Application #2
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Areas to be Treated or
Under Restricted
Entry Intervals:
Location & Description


__________________________________________________________________________
Entry Restricted Until:
Month/Day/ Time


__________________________________________________________________________
PPE Required for Handlers*



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Early Entry PPE Required
for Workers*


__________________________________________________________________________

* The only early entry allowed is that which is permitted by the 1992 Federal Worker Protection

Custom Applicators

Custom (for Hire) Applicators: The use of this form is optional, but you must provide this information to the agricultural owners and operators who hire you to apply pesticides. This information is necessary to assure that the grower's employees are protected according to the 1992 Federal Worker Protection Standard. See earlier section of the EPA manual "The Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides: How To Comply."

Information to be Provided to Agricultural Establishment Owners and Operators

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                              Application #1             Application #2
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Area to be Treated:
Location & Description
_________________________________________________________________________
Product Name
_________________________________________________________________________
EPA Registration Number
_________________________________________________________________________
Active Ingredient:
Common or Chemical Name
_________________________________________________________________________
Application:
Month/Day/Time*
_________________________________________________________________________
Entry Restricted Until:
Month/Day/Time
_________________________________________________________________________
Are Both Treated Area Posting
and Oral Notification Required?
_________________________________________________________________________
PPE Required for Handlers**
_________________________________________________________________________
Early Entry PPE Required for
Workers**
_________________________________________________________________________
Other Label Requirements to
Protect Workers & Others
_________________________________________________________________________

*If the pesticide is not applied as scheduled, the customer must be notified of the corrected time and date before the application, or as soon as possible after the application.
** The only early entry allowed is that permitted by the l992 Federal Worker Protection Standard.

Checklist: WPS Requirements for Agricultural Workers

Have you given your agricultural workers all the protections required by the EPA Worker Protection Standard? Use this list as a reminder. Remember that you have duties to persons other than your worker employees. For complete explanations, refer to "The Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides-How To Comply."
Information at a central location (WPS safety poster, application list, location of emergency medical facility)

Pesticide safety training for workers

Decontamination sites (water, soap, towels, etc.)

Emergency assistance (transportation and information)

Restrictions during applications (do not allow workers in area)

Special application restrictions in nurseries

Special application restrictions in greenhouses

Restrictions during restricted-entry intervals (and limitations on early entry)

Notice about applications (oral warnings and treated area posting)

Checklist: WPS Requirements for Pesticide Handlers

Have you given your pesticide handlers all the protections required by the EPA Worker Protection Standard? Use this list as a reminder. Remember that you have duties to persons other than your handler employees. For complete explanations, refer to "The Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides-How To Comply."
Information at a central location (WPS safety poster, application list, location of emergency medical facility)

Pesticide safety training for handlers

Decontamination site (water, soap, towels, change of clothing, etc.)

Emergency assistance (transportation and information)

Restrictions during applications (do not allow pesticide to contact anyone directly or through drift)

Monitoring handlers (if handling skull and crossbones pesticides anywhere or fumigants in greenhouses)

Specific instructions for handlers (pesticide label information and how to use application equipment)

Equipment safety (inspection and maintenance of application equipment)

Personal protective equipment (provide, clean, maintain PPE, and prevent heat illness)

Exceptions to personal protective equipment (closed systems, enclosed cabs, and open and enclosed cockpits

Checklist: WPS Requirements for Commercial Handlers

Have you given the handler employees of your commercial pesticide handling establishment all the protections required by the EPA Worker Protection Standard? Use this list as a reminder. Remember that you have duties to persons other than your handler employees. For complete explanations, refer to "The Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides-How To Comply."
Pesticide safety training for handlers

Decontamination site (water, soap, towels, change of clothing, etc.)

Emergency assistance (transportation and information)

Restrictions during applications (do not allow pesticide to contact anyone directly or through drift)

Monitoring handlers (if handling skull and crossbones pesticides anywhere or fumigants in greenhouses)

Specific instructions for handlers (pesticide label information and how to use application equipment)

Equipment safety (inspection and maintenance of application equipment)

Personal protective equipment (provide, clean, maintain PPE, and prevent heat illness)

Exceptions to personal protective equipment (closed systems, enclosed cabs, and open and enclosed cockpits)

Checklist: WPS Exemptions for Agricultural Owners Although agricultural owners are encouraged to give all 'I WPS protections to themselves and their families*, the WPS does not REQUIRE them to provide themselves or members of their immediate family with the following:
Information at a central location (WP sa@ety poster, application list, and location of emergency medical facility)

Pesticide safety training for workers or handlers

Decontamination sites (water, soap, towels, change of clothing, etc.)

Emergency assistance (transportation andinformation)

Notice about applications (oral warnings and treated area posting)

Monitoring handlers (if handling skull and crossbones pesticides anywhere or fumigants in greenhouses)

Specific handling instructions (pesticide label information and how to use application equipment)

Equipment safety (inspection and maintenance of application equipment)

All the specific duties related to the care of PPE and management of its use (provide, clean, maintain PPE and prevent heat illness)

The following duties related to early entry:

• Training and instructions
• Decontamination sites
• Specific duties related to the care of PPE and management of its use.

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*Remember that you must provide all protections required by the WPS to persons who are NOT members of your immediate family.

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