Violations of pesticide use and worker safety regulations in North Carolina

J Agric Saf Health. 2007 Apr;13(2):189-203. doi: 10.13031/2013.22619.

Abstract

In North Carolina, responsibility for providing training and enforcing various regulations related to pesticide use and agricultural worker safety rests with three state agencies. This article summarizes an 11-year history of enforcement procedures concerning agricultural pesticide use, the Worker Protection Standard, the Hazard Communication Standard, the Migrant Housing Act of North Carolina, and field sanitation standards. The difficulty of linking specific types of violations with worker safety is discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Agricultural Workers' Diseases / chemically induced
  • Agricultural Workers' Diseases / epidemiology
  • Agricultural Workers' Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Child
  • Housing / standards*
  • Humans
  • Hygiene
  • North Carolina
  • Occupational Exposure / prevention & control*
  • Occupational Health*
  • Pesticides / poisoning*
  • Safety
  • Transients and Migrants
  • United States

Substances

  • Pesticides