Worker Protection Standard: Requirements for Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers
A worker in personal protective equipment sprays pesticide on rice plants in a greenhouse
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Worker Protection Standard

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Fishel, Frederick M. 2018. “Worker Protection Standard: Requirements for Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers: PI275, 1/2018”. EDIS 2018 (1). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-pi275-2018.

Abstract

In 1992, the US Environmental Protection Agency issued a comprehensive regulation called the Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides (WPS). The EPA has made several changes to the WPS since it was fully implemented in 1995. This 5-page document will address the WPS protections commercial pesticide handler employers must provide to their handlers. Written by Frederick M. Fishel and published by the UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, January 2018.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pi275

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-pi275-2018
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References

Frederick M. Fishel. 2015. A Summary of Revisions to the Worker Protection Standard - 2015. PI261. Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pi261

Frederick M Fishel. 2016. Worker Protection Standard: Training Workers and Handlers under the 2016 Revision Requirements. PI268. Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pi268

US EPA. 2016. “How to Comply with the 2015 Revised Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides: What Owners and Employers Need to Know.” EPA 735-B-16-001. United States Environmental Protection Agency. https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/pesticide-worker-protection-standard-how-comply-manual

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