EPA Worker Protection Training Compliance with the Worker

EPA Worker Protection Training Compliance with the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Final rules became effective January 1, 2018

Who needs this class? • Anyone employee who may work in areas where pesticides have been applied in the production of agricultural plants. • This includes people working in greenhouses, fields, growth chambers. Who Does Not Need this Class? • Anyone who posses a MDARD Certified Pesticide Applicators License does not need to take this class. • Landscaping pesticide application is not covered by WPS training

Overview • This class is only to be presented by a certified applicator who has submitted a copy of their MDARD Certified Applicator License to train@ora. msu. edu. • This class covers the general information required by WPS. • You must receive site specific training at each facility you are working at

Danger Sign for Pesticide Applications • This sign is posted at the corners of the field • In greenhouses they should be posted from all reasonable entry points. • These signs should NEVER be ignored.

Respiratory Protection • When the pesticide label indicates a respirator is required: • Medical clearance must be obtained from the University Physician and maintained as current • The form is available at https: //occhealth. msu. edu/resources/respiratorclearance • A fit test and training must be completed annually • Contact Lillian Brezzell at 5 -3879 or Brezzell@ora. msu. edu as soon as you receive your email reminder

Injury Or Exposure • If there is any injury or exposure, it must be reported immediately. • It should be reported to the site/farm manager ASAP. They can help coordinate decontamination if its needed. • Injury report forms are available from the HR workers’ compensation office • https: //hr. msu. edu/benefits/workers-comp/index. html

Other Training You May Need • • • Right To Know Tractor Operator Thermal Stress Hearing Conservation Respiratory Protection (and fit test) Back Safety Forklift trucks Confined Space NRV – Non-Regulated Vehicle (Side by sides, golf carts, ATV’s)

Lone Workers PREPARE • Know where on the farm you are going and what your task will be. • Take along a basic first aid kit and know how to use it. • Take a well-charged cell phone. • Check in before heading out to the field. Make sure others know where you will be and when you will return. • If you will be out for an extended amount of time, arrange to check in that you are okay. UPON RETURN: • Check in when finished and you are back at base farm.

I am a CERTIFIED APPLICATOR, what am I allowed to do under WPS? • Certified applicators can mix, load, apply, do maintenance work on application equipment, move open pesticide containers. • You can also do any task that a worker can under WPS

I am a WORKER what am I allowed to do under WPS? • Workers can harvest, weed, prune, carry nursey stock, repot plants, water, etc. Activities that don’t include handling pesticides directly or pesticide application equipment. • They may NOT handle OPENED pesticide containers including empty containers, mix, load or apply pesticides, or work on any application equipment

A note about Handlers • MSU does not have handlers, handlers are only allowed for private applications and MSU under MDARD’s classification is a commercial entity. • Any task that goes beyond what a worker is allowed to do has to be done by a certified applicator. • This is MDARD’s determination from their interpretation of the regulation.

Following This Event: • Your completion will be recorded in Ability training system (https: //train. ora. msu. edu) within 1 week. • This classroom training is required annually – schedule next year’s training as soon as you receive your email reminder. • Site-Specific training – for each location you will work. • Workers need to notify the site they are working at they have retaken WPS, especially places with controlled access, such as the greenhouses or growth chambers

Site-Specific Training You must receive MSU facility site specific training before entering a treated area: • Check in with the Farm manager, reception staff, greenhouse staff. • Location of the Central Notification Area • Learn the items on the Central Notification Area • Decontamination station location(s) and materials available there • Policies and procedures to request entry to a treated area after normal operation hours • The Site/Farm Manager will record your site-specific training

For the Record Trainer: Pesticide Applicator Certificate #: Certificate expiration date: EPA Approved Training Numbers: EPA Worker PST 00026 EPA Worker PST 00028