Exams / Illinois Pesticide General Standards / 40 CFR §170.160
40 CFR §170.160 — what it says, and how the exam tests it
This section is cited by 2 of our practice questions and is tested on 4 exams including the Illinois Pesticide General Standards.
The text
§ 170.160 Emergency assistance. If there is reason to believe that a person who is or has been employed on an agricultural establishment to perform tasks related to the production of agricultural plants has been poisoned or injured by exposure to pesticides used on the agricultural establishment, including, but not limited to, exposures from application, splash, spill, drift, or pesticide residues, the agricultural employer shall: (a) Make available to that person prompt transportation from the agricultural establishment, including any labor camp on the agricultural establishment, to an appropriate emergency medical facility. (b) Provide to that person or to treating medical personnel, promptly upon request, any obtainable information on: (1) Product name, EPA registration number, and active ingredients of any product to which that person might have been exposed. (2) Antidote, first aid, and other medical information from the product labeling. (3) The circumstances of application or use of the pesticide on the agricultural establishment. (4) The circumstances of exposure of that person to the pesticide.
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How it comes up on the exam
Practice questions written from this section — answers and explanations are in the drill.
- Under the EPA Worker Protection Standard, when a farmworker is believed to have been poisoned by pesticide exposure on an agricultural establishment, what must the agricultural employer make available to that person?
drill Pesticide Toxicity, Poisoning, and First Aid → - Under the EPA Worker Protection Standard, an agricultural employer must provide which of the following to treating medical personnel upon request after a worker's pesticide exposure?
drill Pesticide Toxicity, Poisoning, and First Aid →