Training & Instructions for Early-Entry Workers

Each early-entry worker should be currently trained as a WPS worker before entering a treated area on the agricultural establishment during a restricted-entry interval. No training grace period applies to early-entry workers.

Early-entry workers must be instructed, in a manner they can understand, about the following safety measures:

• How to put on, use, and take off early-entry PPE correctly
• The importance of washing thoroughly after removing PPE
• How to prevent, recognize, and give correct first aid for heat illness

Employers also are required to share with early-entry workers, in a manner and language that they can understand, the safety information and instructions on the label of the pesticide to which the restricted-entry interval applies. This information should include the following:

• Human hazard statements and precautions
• First aid
• Signs and symptoms of poisoning
• PPE required for early entry
• Any other precautions or instructions related to safe use or early entry

To learn more about Pesticide Worker Safety visit our Pesticide Worker Safety Online Training web page.