Short-Term Early-Entry Tasks with No Hand Labor

Workers may enter treated areas before the restricted-entry interval is over to work on short-term jobs that do not involve hand labor, but only if the workers are provided with the protections and PPE required for early entry.

Each worker performing short-term early-entry tasks must do each of the following:

• Wait at least four hours after the pesticide application is complete before entering the treated area.
• Wait at least until any inhalation exposure level listed on the label has been reached or any WPS ventilation criteria have been met
• Spend no more than one hour in a 24-hour period performing short-term early-entry tasks.

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