INDEX
The numbers refer to pages in the original EPA document. Links are
to the tops of those "pages"
- agricultural emergency 59
, 60-61
- agricultural employer 18
- agricultural owner 91
- compliance requirement of 91-93
- exemptions from WPS 93
- information for 33,
113
(See also employer)
- agricultural plants 10
- agricultural worker 14
- requirements checklist 117
- anti-retaliation (see retaliation)
- apparel (see personal protective equipment)
- application list 9,
23,
24
- contents 23
- sample form 107
- timing 24
- application restrictions
- applicator (see commercial pesticide handler;
pesticide handler)
- applicator, certified 15,
25-26
- arid areas 46
- boots (see footwear)
- central location 23-24,
47,
63,
97
- change areas 31,
68,
69,
79
- checklists
- exemptions for agricultural owners 123
- requirements for agricultural workers 117
- requirements for commercial handlers 121
- requirements for pesticide handlers 119
- chemical-resistant 82
- chemigation 17,
60,
76
- closed systems 85-86
- clothing (see personal protective equipment
- cockpits 85,
87
- commercial crop advisor 95-98
- commercial pesticide handler 12,
14,
33-34
- instructions for 75-76
- penalties 19
- requirements checklist 119
(see also pesticide handler)
- commercial pesticide handling establishment
12,
14,
19,
33-34,
35,
75-76,
91,
113,
115,
119
- coveralls 30,
82
- crop advisor 12,
13,
14,
15,
33,
34,
95-98
- crop consultant (see crop advisor)
- custom applicator (see commercial pesticide handler)
- decontamination
- discrimination 19,
28
- disposal
- of containers 15
- of personal protective equipment
70,
80-81
- double notification 20,
33,
- drift 45,
51-52,
53-55,
73,
76,
92
- early entry 20,
25,
46-47,
59-70,
92,
96-97
- agricultural emergency 59,
60-61,
92
- exceptions to restrictions 46-4,
57-61,
96
- instructions for 65
- personal protective equipment for
65,
68,
69-70,
82
- protections for 46-47,
63-70
- short-term tasks 59-60,
92
- special exceptions 54,
61,
92
- training for 25,
27,
7,
63,
65
- with contact 45,
59-70,
92-99
- with no contact 45,
46-47,
92,
96-97
- emergency (see agricultural emergency;
emergency assistance)
- emergency assistance 35-36,
47,
63
- emergency information 23,
24
- emergency medical facility 23,
24,
35
- employers 18
- enclosed cabs 47,
85,
87
- engineering controls 85-87
- equipment - mixing, loading, & application
76,
77,
93
- cleaning.and maintenance of 77
- inspection of 77
- instructions for nonemployees 77,
111
(see also personal protective equipment)
- eyeflush water 29,
31,
67,
68
- eyewear, protective 51,
68,
82,
83,
86,
87
- face shield (see eyewear, protective)
- farms 10
- flagger (see commercial pesticide handler;
pesticide handler)
- footwear 47,
82,
83,
87
- forests 10
- specific provision for
24
- for-hire applicator (see commercial pesticide handler)
- forms
- "Pesticide Application List"
107
- "Information for Agricultural Establishment
Owners and Operators" 113
- "Information for Employers of Custom Applicators
and Independent Crop Advisors"
115
- fumigant 55
73-74
- gloves 82,
83,
85,
87
- goggles (see eyewear, protective)
- greenhouses 10
- handlabor 60
- handler (see commercial pesticide handler;
pesticide handler)
- handler employer (see pesticide handler employer)
- headgear 82,
83,
87
- heat illness, heat stress 65,
69,
79
- immediate family 9
- independent crop advisor (see crop advisor)
- information exchange 33-34,
92
- integrated pestmanagement monitor (see crop advisor
- irrigation 47,
60
- labeling 13,
16,
16,
20,
46,
63,
65,
75,
79
- labor contractor 12,
18
- loader 30,
85-86
(see also commercial pesticide handler;
pesticide handler)
- medical care, transportation to
35
(see also emergency assistance; emergency
information; emergency medical facility)
- mixer 30,
85-86
(see also commercial pesticide handler; pesticide handler
- monitoring of pesticide handlers
73-74,
93,
96
- no-contact early entry (see early entry)
- non-English-speaking employees 27,
28,
44,
65,
75
- notification 33-34,
41-44,
47,
63,
93
- nurseries 11
- operator of agricultural establishment
31-34,
76,
91,
113,
115
(see also agricultural owner; employer)
- oral warnings 41-42,
44
- owner (see agricultural owner; employer)
- owner exemption 91-93,
123
- penalties 19
- personal protective equipment (PPE) 82-83
- change areas 31,
68,
69,
79
- changing respirator filters 80
- cleaning of 69-70,
80,
81,
109-110
- disposal of 70,
80-81
- exceptions to 85-87
- for early entry 65,
69-70
- for pesticide handlers
79-81
- inspection of 69,
79
- instructions about 65
- maintenance 69-70,
79-80
- mitigation of heat illness 69,
79
- provision of 69,
79
- types of 82-83
- pesticide application list (see application list)
- pesticide handler 14-15
- requirements checklist
118, lig
- specific instructions for 75-76
- training 25-28
(see also commercial pesticide handler)
- pesticide handler employer 18
- pesticide uses 16-17
- covered by WPS 16
- not covered by WPS 17
- poster (see safety poster; sign)
- PPE (see personal protective equipment)
- "Quick Reference Guide" (not in this version,
same as large print version below)
large-print version 127-132
- reference statement 16
- REI (see restricted-entry interval)
- respirator 83
- fit of 79
- maintenance of 80
- restricted-entry interval (REI) 46
- restrictions after applications (see early entry)
- restriction during applications (see application restrictions)
- retaliation, prohibition against 19
- safety glasses (see eyewear, protective)
- safety poster 23,
24
- scout (see crop advisor)
- sign, treated-area posting (see warning signs)
- skull and crossbones labels 73
- sod farms 17
- supervisors 19
- trainers 26
- training 25-28
- translator 27-28
- treated area 51
- treated-area posting (see notification)
- ventilation criteria 46,
53-54,
55,
60
- warning signs 24,
41-43
- water for decontamination 29-30,
67,
68
- worker 14
- worker employer 18
- Worker Protection Standard (WPS) 9-20