Heat Illness & Pesticide Safety

This combined training program ensures all agricultural employees understand pesticide hazards and heat illness risks, and know how to protect themselves, their families, and coworkers. In California, employers must take steps to protect workers from heat illness in both indoor and outdoor workplaces under California Code of Regulations, Title 8 (T8CCR), sections 3395 and 3396. View more information here: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/heatillnessinfo.html .

California pesticide worker safety regulations require pesticide safety training be provided to fieldworkers and pesticide handlers by their employers. View more information here: https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/t2_criteria.pdf

Heat Illness Prevention Training Outline

• Requirements for workers
  • Access to water
  • Access to shade
• Weather monitoring and acclimatization procedures
• High heat procedures when temperature reaches 95°F
• Emergency response protocols
• Key safety practices
• Watching for heat illness symptoms
• Know your work location for emergency calls

Pesticide Safety Training Outline

• Health effects of pesticide exposure and warning symptoms
• Protecting yourself from contamination
• Proper handwashing, showering, and clothing decontamination
• Understanding field posting signs and Restricted Entry Intervals (REI)
• First aid, emergency washing, and eye flushing procedures
• Reporting illness immediately
• Safe mixing, loading, and application techniques
• Transportation and disposal of pesticides and containers
• Use of engineering controls and closed mixing systems
• Handling restricted and minimal exposure pesticides
• Understanding pesticide labels and signal words (Danger, Warning, Caution)