[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 23]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR170.210]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 170_WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart C_Standard for Pesticide Handlers

 

Sec.  170.210  Restrictions during applications.



    (a) Contact with workers and other persons. The handler employer and 

the handler shall assure that no pesticide is applied so as to contact, 

either directly or through drift, any worker or other person, other than 

an appropriately trained and equipped handler.

    (b) Handlers handling highly toxic pesticides. The handler employer 

shall assure that any handler who is performing any handling activity 

with a product that has the skull and crossbones symbol on the front 

panel of the label is monitored visually or by voice communication at 

least every 2 hours.

    (c) Fumigant applications in greenhouses. The handler employer shall 

assure:

    (1) That any handler who handles a fumigant in a greenhouse, 

including a handler who enters the greenhouse before the acceptable 

inhalation exposure level or ventilation criteria have been met to 

monitor air levels or to initiate ventilation, maintains continuous 

visual or voice contact with another handler.

    (2) That the other handler has immediate access to the personal 

protective equipment required by the fumigant labeling for handlers in 

the event entry into the fumigated greenhouse becomes necessary for 

rescue.