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Pesticide required poster

The Worker Protection Standard (WPS), found the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), requires agricultural employers and commercial pesticide handler employers to provide specific information and protections to workers, handlers, and other persons. The WPS applies when WPS-labeled pesticide products are used on agricultural establishments in the production of agricultural plants. The WPS aims to reduce the risks of illness or injury to workers and handlers resulting from occupational exposures to pesticides used in the production of agricultural plants on agricultural establishments. To ensure safety, WPS requires safety information that includes basic safety concepts on a poster or otherwise displayed.

In this How-to Guide an example of a compliant poster is explained. The example poster is provided by EPA and includes all the required pesticide safety information that must be displayed to keep workers safe.

Figure 1 – Basic poster information

  1. Display poster at a central work location that is always readily accessible during normal work hours and can be easily seen and read by workers and handlers.
  2. If a worker has pesticides in the eyes, rinse for at least 15 minutes. Encourage them to blink while rinsing and keep any injured eye lower than their uninjured eye.
  3. It is important to have contaminated workers not just wash their body but also get rid of any pesticide on their clothes because many pesticides can move through clothes even if they are waterproof.
  4. Since symptoms are not listed on the poster make workers aware of them. Some symptoms may be like heat exhaustion. The following symptoms are exclusive to insecticide poisoning and not heat exhaustion: moist membranes, salivation, tears, spit present in mouth, slow pulse, nausea and diarrhea, possible small pupils, and coma.
  5. Update pesticide safety information display (i.e., contact information for medical care facility and regulatory agency) within 24 hours of notice of any changes.
  6. Do NOT let a sick worker drive themselves to get help.

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The Worker Protection Standard (WPS), found the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), requires agricultural employers and commercial pesticide handler employers to provide specific information and protections to workers, handlers, and other persons. The WPS applies when WPS-labeled pesticide products are used on agricultural establishments in the production of agricultural plants. The WPS aims to reduce the risks of illness or injury to workers and handlers resulting from occupational exposures to pesticides used in the production of agricultural plants on agricultural establishments. To ensure safety, WPS requires safety information that includes basic safety concepts on a poster or otherwise displayed.

In this How-to Guide an example of a compliant poster is explained. The example poster is provided by EPA and includes all the required pesticide safety information that must be displayed to keep workers safe.

Figure 1 – Basic poster information

  1. Display poster at a central work location that is always readily accessible during normal work hours and can be easily seen and read by workers and handlers.
  2. If a worker has pesticides in the eyes, rinse for at least 15 minutes. Encourage them to blink while rinsing and keep any injured eye lower than their uninjured eye.
  3. It is important to have contaminated workers not just wash their body but also get rid of any pesticide on their clothes because many pesticides can move through clothes even if they are waterproof.
  4. Since symptoms are not listed on the poster make workers aware of them. Some symptoms may be like heat exhaustion. The following symptoms are exclusive to insecticide poisoning and not heat exhaustion: moist membranes, salivation, tears, spit present in mouth, slow pulse, nausea and diarrhea, possible small pupils, and coma.
  5. Update pesticide safety information display (i.e., contact information for medical care facility and regulatory agency) within 24 hours of notice of any changes.
  6. Do NOT let a sick worker drive themselves to get help.

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