[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: 40CFR170.260]



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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.  170.260  Emergency assistance.



    If there is reason to believe that a person who is or has been 

employed by an agricultural establishment or commercial pesticide 

handling establishment to perform pesticide handling tasks has been 

poisoned or injured by exposure to pesticides as a result of that 

employment, including, but not limited to, exposures from handling tasks 

or from application, splash, spill, drift, or pesticide residues, the 

handler employer shall:

    (a) Make available to that person prompt transportation from the 

place of employment or the handling site to an appropriate emergency 

medical facility.

    (b) Provide to that person or to treating medical personnel, 

promptly upon request, any obtainable information on:

    (1) Product name, EPA registration number, and active ingredients of 

any product to which that person might have been exposed.

    (2) Antidote, first aid, and other medical information from the 

product labeling.

    (3) The circumstances of handling of the pesticide.

    (4) The circumstances of exposure of that person to the pesticide.