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(A) Equipment inspection. Equipment used for mixing, loading, or applying pesticides shall be kept in good repair and shall be safe to operate. The director may inspect at any reasonable time equipment used in mixing, loading, and application of pesticides. Equipment with any safety defect shall be repaired or altered to remove the hazard before further use.
(B) Equipment maintenance. Persons who own or operate pesticide mixing, loading or application equipment shall inform each migrant pesticide applicator under their control who may be involved in the cleaning, servicing or repair of that equipment, of the hazards of the pesticide that person may encounter and the methods of protecting against personal injury.
(C) Specifications for equipment used by migrant applicators:
(1) All hatches or doors on aerial or ground applicator vehicle tanks shall be equipped with a cover that will prevent spillage when the vehicle is in motion;
(2) Flexible hoses carrying liquid pesticides which display the signal words “DANGER – POISON” under pressure shall not pass unshielded through the cockpit of an airplane or helicopter;
(3) Shut-off devices shall be installed on the exit end of all hoses carrying liquid pesticides which display the signal words “DANGER – POISON” from mixing tanks that are adequate to prevent splashes onto the migrant pesticide applicator doing the loading when filling operations are stopped and the filler hose is removed from the inlet to the tank of the application vehicle. As an alternative a reversing action pump or a similar system may be used that will empty the hose and will eliminate dripping of liquid from the end of the hose when the filling operation is stopped.
(4) After January 1, 1989, each tank with a capacity of more than sixty U.S. gallons that is used by migrant laborers to mix or apply any liquid mixture derived from a pesticide which displays the signal words “DANGER – POISON” shall have either, (a) a properly functioning means to gauge the liquid level in the tank but in no case shall externally protruding sight gauge be used; or (b) the tank for the filler hose nozzle shall have a device that will automatically stop the filling operation before the pesticide liquid mixture spills over the top.
HISTORY: Eff 6-25-85
Rule promulgated under: RC Chapter 119.
Rule authorized by: RC 921.16(B)(6)
Rule amplifies: RC 921.16(B)(6)
119.032 Review Date: 4-21-00; 4-21-05