Preventing Illness from Pesticide Drift

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  California. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  As the breadbasket for the United States, California has many communities and workplaces surrounded by agriculture. Workers can become ill when pesticide drifts onto workplaces after it is applied incorrectly. A new fact sheet (PDF) and poster (PDF) from the California Department of Public Health's Occupational Pesticide Illness Prevention Program (OPIPP) provides employers and workers with tips for preventing pesticide illness from drift incidents. The fact sheet (PDF) will help workplaces located near pesticide applications to plan ahead and know who to contact to report drift. A case study illustrates the need to plan in advance and train workers on how to respond. The companion poster (PDF) reinforces what to do in a drift situation and provides an easy way to post the contact information for reporting drift. You can find more information and resources about OPIPP on their website. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Occupational Exposure Pesticides And Agricultural Chemicals Safety Education
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  California Department of Public Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059613
• Citation:
  Occupational Health Watch: March 2018. Richmond, CA: California Department of Public Health, 2018 Mar; :1-2
• Email:
  OHW@cdph.ca.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Health Watch
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:208ca1d6eea948cb65ca56dadfa4ae6ca1abc3d1a92ac3e4a044120160c8632a7ff59f65022dc0159cb7f5872abbd33120174aa47b7c2cb58bcbf1c36eae640b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228991/cdc_228991_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 79.73 KB ]