OAR 437-004-6501: Handler training programs in Oregon

(1) Handlers using an exception to the training requirements for crop advisors — as described in 170.501(b)(2) of the Worker Protection Standard — must demonstrate that the program includes all the topics listed in OAR 437-004-6501(2). (2) Training programs for handlers must include, at a minimum, all of the following topics: (a) All the topics required by OAR 437-004-6401. Training program for workers. (b) Information on proper application and use of pesticides. (c) Handlers must follow the portions of the labeling applicable to the safe use of the pesticide. (d) Format and meaning of information contained on pesticide labels and in labeling applicable to the safe use of the pesticide. (e) Need for and appropriate use and removal of all personal protective equipment. (f) How to recognize, prevent, and provide first aid treatment for heat-related illness. (g) Safety requirements for handling, transporting, storing, and disposing of pesticides, including general procedures for spill cleanup. (h) Environmental concerns, such as drift, runoff, and wildlife hazards. (i) Handlers must not apply pesticides in a manner that results in contact with workers or other persons. (j) The responsibility of handler employers to provide handlers with information and protections designed to reduce work-related pesticide exposures and illnesses. This includes providing, cleaning, maintaining, storing, and ensuring proper use of all required personal protective equipment; providing decontamination supplies; and providing specific information about pesticide use and labeling information. (k) Handlers must suspend a pesticide application if workers or other persons are in the application exclusion zone. (l) Handlers must be at least 18 years old. (m) The responsibility of handler employers to ensure handlers have received respirator fit-testing, training and medical evaluation if they are required to wear a respirator by the product labeling. (n) The responsibility of agricultural employers to post treated areas as required by this rule.