94.697 Railroad pesticide use.

(1) Definition. In this section “railroad" means a person that owns or operates any railroad or part of a railroad as a common carrier in this state.

(2) Information required.

(a) No later than 48 hours before applying a pesticide to a right-of-way that a railroad owns or maintains, the railroad shall provide pesticide safety information at a central location accessible to employees of the railroad. A railroad shall include all of the following in the safety information provided under this paragraph:

2. The location and description of the area to be treated.

3. The name of the pesticide, its active ingredients, and its registration number under the federal act.

4. The approximate time and date that the pesticide is to be applied.

5. Any restricted entry interval specified on the pesticide labeling.

6. A description of where the information required to be on the pesticide label under the federal act or under ss. 94.67 to 94.71 is available for review.

7. Emergency medical contact information.

(b) A railroad shall keep the information under par. (a) posted at the location accessible to employees of the railroad for at least 30 days after the day of application.

(c) No later than 48 hours before applying a pesticide to a right-of-way that a railroad owns or maintains, the railroad shall provide all of the following to each individual who directly supervises employees who work in the area to be treated:

1. The information described in par. (a) 2. to 6.

2. A description of the central location where the railroad provides the pesticide safety information to employees under par. (a).

(e) A railroad shall make available to the public on its Internet site a description of how to obtain answers to questions about pesticide use by the railroad, including a telephone number for the railroad and any toll-free number maintained by the department to provide information about pesticide use.

(3) Worker protection. A railroad shall provide pesticide safety training annually to its employees who work along railroad rights-of-way and in rail yards and to other employees who, due to the nature of their employment, work in areas to which pesticides have been applied and shall keep records, for each training session, of the date, the employees attending, and the name of the trainer and the trainer's employer. In the training under this subsection, a railroad shall include information about restricted entry intervals, requirements for personal protective equipment, how to read pesticide labels, and incident and complaint reporting.

History: 2009 a. 286.