Basic Pesticide Safety Reemphasis of some of the important points

1. Basic Pesticide SafetyReemphasis of some of the important points

2. Basic Pesticide Safety: Method Selection • Use the method which • Is ecologically effective • Poses lowest risk to the human environment • Is cost effective • Not necessarily a pesticidal method • If not – pesticide safety is not a concern • In this session we assume pesticide use

3. Basic Pesticide Safety: Proper Use • Always treat pesticides with • Respect • Know the product • Know its limitations • Read the label • Know the label requirements • Care • Know the application equipment and its limits • Know and follow proper storage, transport and use procedures

4. Basic Pesticide Safety: Personnel Safety • Avoid contact with the pesticide • Wear all designated safety equipment • Be careful of drips and spills • Keep hands away from eyes and mouth • Wash your hands before • Smoking • Eating • Bathroom breaks

5. Designated safety equipment • Based on the WPS statement on the label & Regional requirements • Minimum in R-8 • Long sleeved shirt & long pants of tightly woven material • Waterproofed boots • Goggles • Hard hat • Unlined nitrile gloves

6. Safety equipment Requirement for nitrile gloves is in conflict with F.S. fire regulations if you are working a fire in a recently treated area Fire regulations say leather gloves, chemical presence requires nitrile Unresolved at present – waterproofed leather gloves may ultimately be the compromise position

7. Safety equipment • It is recommended that a tyvek suit be carried to the field • More for modesty should someone have to change out of contaminated clothes • Virtually useless in the briar patch

8. Basic Pesticide Safety: Accidental Contact • If you contact a pesticide • Clean the body parts contacted • Immediately, and • Thoroughly • Change clothes if necessary • Apply First-Aid, if necessary • If pesticide was swallowed, if it has gotten into the eyes, or if the person contacted is showing any symptoms resulting from the contact – get him or her to a doctor immediately

9. Basic Pesticide Safety: Serious Exposure • If you have to go to a doctor • Notify your dispatcher and have them determine which doctor and prearrange for you to be seen immediately • (Which doctor should be determined from your previously prepared Spill Plan which is filed at the dispatcher’s desk) • Carry a copy of the label and MSDS to the doctor

10. Basic Pesticide Safety: Transport • Do not carry pesticides in the passenger compartment of a vehicle • Do not carry “mixed loads” • Carry herbicides separately from insecticides from fungicides, etc. • Tie containers down to avoid bouncing them around • Licensing requirements (Hazmat drivers)

11. DOT regulations: loads greater than 1,000 pounds • HAZMAT certification • Any load greater than 1,000 pounds GROSS weight • With water weighing about 8 pounds per gallon this restricts the load to • Less than 100 gallons of formulated product OR of tank mix in water

12. Basic Pesticide Safety: Storage • Store pesticides in a separate building • Storage area should be locked • And, access should be strictly limited (in light of the current emphasis on Homeland Security – these common sense requirements have taken on an importance and life of their own!!)

13. Basic Pesticide Safety: Storage • Pesticides should be stacked separately • And, ideally, be separated by product type • A current inventory should be available at the dispatcher’s desk • Fire hazard signing should be accurate

14. Pesticide Safety- Fire Safety Sign

15. Pesticide Safety – Fire Sign Translated FSH 6709.11,60 - Exhibits

16. Basic Pesticide Safety: Spills Preparation • Spill Plan • Template available • Customize it to the District – local doctors and emergency response team phone numbers and locations • Update for each ongoing project (labels & MSDSs) • Spill kit on truck • Contents listed last page of spill plan

17. Basic Pesticide Safety: Spill Plan Document • Typed and legible • Maintained current • Always available at dispatcher’s desk for ready access in the event of an emergency

18. Basic Pesticide Safety: Spill Plan Document Provide for care of injured or contaminated personnel Specific concerns Identify spilled material Notify

19. Basic Pesticide Safety: Spill Plan Document Who to notify + phone # What they need to know Contain the spill Safety measures to be observed during cleanup

20. Basic Pesticide Safety: Spill Plan Document Clean-up Documentation Summary –dry spills Summary –wet spills

21. Basic Pesticide Safety: Spill Plan Document Phone numbers of people to notify and people or organizations who can provide assistance

22. Basic Pesticide Safety: Spill Plan Document Vehicle spill kit Storage facility spill kit

23. Spill plan • Review before going to the field • In addition – carry label & MSDS to the field • Keep a copy of the current spill plan at the district dispatcher’s desk where it is readily accessed if needed

24. Basic Pesticide Safety: When a Spill Happens • Take care of injured personnel first! • Contain the spill • Get appropriate help

25. Basic Pesticide Safety: When a Spill Happens • Reporting required: • Dispatcher • District Ranger • Forest Pesticide Coordinator * • Forest Supervisor • Regional HAZMAT Coordinator * Continue talk *

26. Alabama -- Jim Clute Chatt-Oconee -- Pat Hopton (Tallulah RD) Cherokee – Ed Brown Daniel Boone -- Paul Finke Florida -- Gary Hegg (Wakulla RD) FMS -- Jay Purnell GW/J – Russ MacFarlane Kisatchie -- Mississippi -- Jerry Windham North Carolina – John Blanton Ouachita -- Finis Harris Ozark -- Jack Davis Savannah River -- Jamie Scott Texas – George Weick Basic Pesticide Safety:Forest Pesticide Coordinators Return *

27. Basic Pesticide Safety:Regional Hazmat Coordinator Walt Sternke 404-347-3369 Email: asternke@fs.fed.us Return *

28. Basic Pesticide Safety: Environmental Concerns • Already mentioned spills • Caution must be taken to avoid • Drift • Leaching • Runoff, and • Other forms of off-site movement • Labels, MSDS, labeling and other documents help

29. Basic Pesticide Safety: Environmental Movement More later

30. Safety products catalogs

31. Basic Pesticide Safety: Low Risk Pesticide Use • Low-risk application is the focus of all of our safety messages with respect to pesticides • Most of the remainder of the session will deal with how to do it right