N.J. Admin. Code § 7:30-12.22

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:30-12.22 - Emergency assistance by commercial pesticide handling establishments

(a) If there is reason to believe that a handler employed by the commercial pesticide handling establishment has experienced a potential pesticide exposure during employment by the commercial pesticide handling establishment or shows symptoms similar to those associated with acute exposure to pesticides during or within 72 hours after employment by the commercial pesticide handling establishment, and needs emergency medical treatment, the commercial pesticide handler employer shall do all of the following promptly after learning of the possible poisoning or injury:

1. Make available to that person transportation from the commercial pesticide handling establishment, or any agricultural establishment on which that handler may be working on behalf of the commercial pesticide handling establishment, to an operating medical care facility capable of providing emergency medical treatment to a person exposed to pesticides; and

2. Provide all of the following information to that person and to treating medical personnel:

i. A copy of the applicable safety data sheet and the product name, EPA registration number, and active ingredients of any pesticide to which that person may have been exposed;

ii. The circumstances of application or use of the pesticide; and

iii. The circumstances that could have resulted in exposure of that person to the pesticide.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:30-12.22

Amended by 52 N.J.R. 756(a), effective 4/6/2020