1. (a) The employer shall provide a clothing change area and instructions, as required by section 6732, for employees who handle minimal exposure pesticides for any period of time, regardless of the toxicity category of the product used.
2. (b) The employer shall provide washing facilities, as specified in section 6734, where minimal exposure pesticides are mixed or loaded, regardless of the toxicity category of the product used.
3. (c) The employer shall provide and maintain coveralls and require them to be worn, regardless of the toxicity category.

4. (d) The employer shall provide and require employees to wear full-body, chemical-resistant protective clothing, as specified in subsection 6738.1(g), when handling minimal exposure pesticides. Employees working in the following situations are not required by this subsection to wear chemical-resistant, full-body protective clothing, but this clothing shall be present at the work site:

   1. (1) employees using a closed system, or sealed water soluble packets, while mixing, loading, or transferring these pesticides. These employees shall wear a chemical-resistant apron, protective eyewear, chemical-resistant gloves, and chemical-resistant boots;
   2. (2) employees working as applicators in enclosed cabs;
   3. (3) applicators using vehicle-mounted or towed equipment to inject or incorporate these pesticides into the soil; and
   4. (4) applicators using equipment with vehicle-mounted spray nozzles directed downward and located below the level of the employee.

5. (e) The employer shall provide and require employees to wear respiratory protection, as specified in section 6739, when engaged in:

   1. (1) Hand application or ground application of minimal exposure pesticides, except:

      1. (A) Reserved;
      2. (B) applicators using vehicle-mounted or towed equipment to inject or incorporate these pesticides into the soil; and
      3. (C) applicators using equipment with vehicle-mounted spray nozzles directed downward and located below the level of the employee;
   2. (2) Mixing or loading dry formulations of minimal exposure pesticides, except mixers or loaders using sealed water soluble packets.
6. (f) All protective clothing and equipment shall be cleaned inside and out or discarded at the end of the day's use.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 11456 and 12981, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 12980 and 12981, Food and Agriculture Code.

History

1. New section filed 8-13-90; operative 8-13-90 (Register 90, No. 41).

2. Change without regulatory effect amending Note filed 6-20-2001 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2001, No. 25).

3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (d) filed 4-18-2002 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2002, No. 16).

4. Amendment of subsections (e), (e)(1), (e)(4) and (f) filed 6-13-2007; operative 1-1-2008 (Register 2007, No. 24).

5. Amendment of subsections (c), (e) and (e)(1), repealer of subsections (e)(3) and (f)(2) and subsection renumbering filed 4-15-2015; operative 7-1-2015 (Register 2015, No. 16).

6. Repealer of subsections (d)-(d)(2), subsection relettering and amendment of newly designated subsections (d)-(d)(1), (d)(3)-(4) and (e)(1)(B)-(C) filed 11-4-2015; operative 1-1-2016 (Register 2015, No. 45).