An employers guide to worker protection standard compliance
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"In 1992, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Worker Protection Standard. On January 2, 2017, EPA enacted key revisions to the Standard to decrease pesticide exposure incidents among farmworkers and their family members. According to EPA, the 2015 revisions to the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) are intended to align farmworker pesticide exposure protection with similar health protections afforded to other workers by the Occupational Safety and Health Act. At the same time, EPA acknowledged the WPS revisions accounted for the unique working environment of many agricultural jobs and the needs of the agricultural industry. The WPS applies to all agricultural owners/employers when using a WPS-labeled pesticide product on an "agricultural establishment" directly related to the production of an "agricultural plant." This includes, but is not limited to, grains, fruits and vegetables, wood fiber or timber products, turf, and flowering and foliage plants and trees for commercial purposes. This MU Extension publication is intended to provide a general overview of the WPS regulatory requirements that must be met in order for employers of handlers orworkers to be in compliance with the WPS standard."--First page.
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