[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR170.260]

[Page 268]
 
                   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.