The Florida Senate

¹487.205  Availability of agricultural pesticide information to workers and physicians.--

(1)(a)  The agricultural employer shall make available agricultural pesticide information concerning any agricultural pesticide to any worker who enters an agricultural pesticide treated area on an agricultural establishment where, within the last 30 days, an agricultural pesticide has been applied or a restricted-entry interval has been in effect, or to any worker who may be exposed to the agricultural pesticide during normal conditions of use or in a foreseeable emergency.

(b)  The agricultural pesticide information shall be in the form of a material safety data sheet, or a state or federally approved fact sheet. The agricultural employer shall provide a written copy of the information specified in this section, within 2 working days of a request for the information by a worker, a designated representative of the worker, or medical personnel treating the worker.

(c)  The distributor, manufacturer, or importer of agricultural pesticides shall prepare and provide each direct purchaser of agricultural pesticides with a material safety data sheet. If the material safety data sheet or fact sheet for the agricultural pesticide is not available at the time the agricultural pesticide is purchased, the agricultural employer shall take appropriate and timely steps to obtain the material safety data sheet or fact sheet from the distributor, the manufacturer, the department, a federal agency, or another distribution source.

(2)  The department shall design and make available to the trainer a one-page general agricultural pesticide safety sheet, hereafter referred to as "safety sheet." This safety sheet shall be in a language understood by the worker and shall include, but is not limited to, illustrated instructions on prevention of agricultural pesticide exposure and toll-free numbers to the Florida poison control centers so that workers may call for additional agricultural pesticide exposure information. The trainer shall provide to the worker the safety sheet at the time of training pursuant to the United States Environmental Protection Agency Worker Protection Standard, 40 C.F.R. s. 170.130 (August 21, 1992).

History.--ss. 27, 28, ch. 94-233.

¹Note.--Repealed effective January 1, 1998, by s. 28, ch. 94-233.