Pesticides

Helps workers understand how to reduce the dangers from pesticides.

English  07/17/2015

Ayuda a los trabajadores entender como reducir los peligros de los pesticidas.

Spanish  07/17/2015

Information employers need to provide to employees when enclosed structures are within the designated exclusion zone for an outdoor pesticide application.

English  Order printed copy  08/02/2023

Agricultural employer requirements for securing agricultural structures that fall within the Application Exclusion Zone for outdoor crop areas.

English  Order printed copy  11/29/2022

Information to help employers navigate the Application Exclusion Zone with specific Oregon requirements under the Worker Protection Standard.

English  Order printed copy  02/12/2019

The guidebook is intended to provide applicants and licensees with knowledge and tools for establishing and operating OLCC-licensed recreational marijuana businesses.

English  06/30/2016

Offers general rule-related requirements and recommendations for agricultural employers to create a safer workplace.

English  06/06/2012

Requisitos agrícolas para el empleador para asegurar estructuras o edificios agrícolas que están dentro de la zona de exclusión de la aplicación para áreas de cultivo al aire libre.

Spanish  Order printed copy  12/14/2018

Helps employers and employees understand the requirements for personal protective equipment (PPE) that are listed on pesticide product labels. Gives general advice about best practices for cleaning, maintaining, and storing PPE along with guidelines for choosing the most effective PPE from head to toe.

English  Order printed copy  04/30/2024

Covers safe practices for employees who work around hazardous chemicals and pesticides. Ayuda a los trabajadores entender como reducir los peligros de los pesticidas.

English / Spanish  Order printed copy  04/13/2023

Información que los empleadores necesitan proporcionar a los empleados, cuando cualquier estructura o edificio agrícola que se puede cerrar cae dentro de la zona de exclusión de la aplicación de pesticidas al aire libre.

Order printed copy  08/03/2023

Describes what employers must do to comply with the Worker Protection Standard and gives Oregon-specific requirements.

English  Order printed copy  07/24/2024

Información para ayudar a los empleadores a navegar por la zona de exclusión de aplicación con los requisitos específicos de Oregon bajo la norma de protección para el trabajador.

Spanish  Order printed copy  03/14/2019

Describes Aluminum phosphide health hazards and how to prepare a fumigation management plan for burrowing pests

English  03/19/2014

Describes aluminum phosphide health hazards and how to prepare a fumigation management plan for structures.

English  03/19/2014

Fact sheet that describes where to store agricultural pesticides and chemicals, safe practices for storing chemicals, and how to respond to emergencies.

English  09/26/2023

Sulfur dioxide is legally classified as a pesticide under federal and Oregon laws when it is used to sanitize wine barrels and wine corks. This fact sheet explains how to properly sanitize wine barrels and wine corks.

English  05/19/2017

This plan is required by the fumigant label to be completed for every application of aluminum or magnesium phosphide products for burrowing rodents.  Common names for these products include: Fumitoxin, Phostoxin, Gastoxin or Phosfume.

English  Word version  01/05/2012

Worker Protection Standard required pesticide information

English  Word version  10/31/2014

Agriculture employers are required to document each pesticide handler’s training and maintain that documentation for two years from the date of the training.

English  Word version  03/25/2019

Agriculture employers are required to document each worker’s training and maintain that documentation for two years from the date of the training.

English  Word version  03/25/2019

Hazard alert on how lime sulfur reacts to form deadly hydrogen sulfide gas.

English  04/08/2013

¡La ropa que usó mientras aplicaba pesticidas puede estar contaminada! Aplique esta imán en máquinas lavadoras y secadoras que podrían ser usadas por trabajadores que usan pesticidas.

Spanish  Order printed copy  03/21/2022

A magnet with instructions on how to wash clothing worn while applying pesticides

English  Order printed copy  02/15/2011

Describes how forest activities workers can protect themselves from pesticides. Meets the posting requirements for the Worker Protection Standard. - | - Describe cómo los trabajadores de las actividades forestales puedan protegerse de los pesticidas. Cumple con los requisitos por El Estándar de La Protección al Trabajador.

English / Spanish  Order printed copy  09/08/2009

This poster contains pesticide safety information that is required under the Worker Protection Standard.

English / Spanish  Order printed copy  07/25/2017

We get many calls and emails from employers asking the same question. It begins: “Which of your rules have requirements for…” You can finish the sentence with words like “recordkeeping,” “employee training,” and “written documents.” To answer those questions, we’ve organized these rules requirements into a filterable, sortable, searchable table.

English  05/10/2019

Federal fiscal year 2000 assessment of the worker protection standard program in Oregon.

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This report is the annual review of the pesticide emphasis program for federal fiscal year 2016 (FY2016). The data elements and analysis are presented, along with recommendations for program improvements for the coming year.

English  01/27/2017

Federal fiscal year 2017 Oregon OSHA pesticide emphasis program annual report.

English  02/14/2018

Federal fiscal year 2018 Oregon OSHA pesticide emphasis program annual report.

English  02/04/2019

Federal fiscal year 2019 Oregon OSHA pesticide emphasis program annual report.

English  01/27/2020

Federal fiscal year 2020 Oregon OSHA pesticide emphasis program annual report.

English  03/08/2021

Oregon OSHA and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 10 Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division in the Air & Toxics Enforcement Section, collaborate on pesticide safety issues. Oregon OSHA enforces the Worker Protection Standard, which is supplemented with a pesticide emphasis program. This report is the annual review of the pesticide emphasis program for federal fiscal year 2021 (FY2021). The data elements and analysis are presented, along with recommendations for program improvements for the coming year.

English  02/18/2022

Federal fiscal year 2022 Oregon OSHA pesticide emphasis program annual report.

English  03/21/2023

This report is the annual review of the pesticide emphasis program for federal fiscal year 2023 (FY2023). The data elements and analysis are presented, along with recommendations for program improvements for the coming year.

English  08/14/2024

Under Oregon OSHA’s Occupational Safety and Health Grant program, the University of Washington’s Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center developed bilingual pesticide labels and education resources for 40 commonly used products applied in vegetation management for reforestation. These Spanish labels are not intended to replace the English labels created by the manufacturer and the Spanish labels can be used to supplement the information used for the required training of employees.

English Spanish  10/28/2024

Workbook  English  11/12/2020

Instructor Guide  English  11/12/2020

PowerPoint slides for the Worker Protection Standard education workshop.

Overhead  English  02/24/2020

Administrative Order 2-2023   Word version  

1-2012   Word version  

1-2017   Word version  

Administrative Order 11-2021   Word version  

Administrative Order 11-2021   Word version  

Administrative Order 2-2023   Word version  

Administrative Order 2-2023   Word version  

4-2010   Word version  

3-2014   Word version  

2-2018   Word version  

Administrative Order 4-2022   Word version  

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2-2010  

08/02/2007

07/08/2011

Purpose: To establish methods the enforcement staff will use to provide effective, efficient and consistent enforcement inspections in the variety of occupational sites where pesticides are made, used and stored.

A-235  02/28/2018

2-2018  

This video explains Oregon OSHA's application exclusion zone in the worker protection standard

Language: English   Length: 5 minutes  

Available in both English and Spanish languages. EPA Approved training video for training agricultural workers about pesticides and the Worker Protection Standard (WPS). This video satisfies the pesticide safety training requirement for workers under the revised WPS effective January 1, 2016.

Language: English Spanish   Length: 18:28 minutes  

Este video explica la zona de exclusión de aplicación de Oregon OSHA en el estándar de protección del trabajador.

Language: Spanish   Length: 5 minutos