(1) Final pre-application of fumigant and
evacuation inspection: Before the fumigant(s) is to be applied, the certified
operator in charge or his designated special fumigation identification card
holder must make a final, personal inspection of the structure and shall ensure
that:
(a) All preparations for fumigation as
directed by the label have been completed.
(b) No unauthorized person is present within
the structure or enclosed space to be fumigated or in any adjacent structures
or spaces that are required by these regulations to be vacated because of
danger from the fumigation operation.
(c) No open fires, flames, pilot lights or
oil lamps are burning.
(d) The
final inspection must be conducted immediately before the fumigant is to be
applied, unless the structure is a multi-unit dwelling, in which case, the
following special provision shall apply:
On multi-unit dwellings, the certified fumigation operator
in charge and/or his designated special fumigation identification cardholder
shall conduct a thorough, systematic inspection of each room in every unit to
ensure that all provisions specified above have been completed. Then, exterior
doors and/or entrances of each inspected unit shall be secured against
unauthorized re-entry while preparations and inspection of other units or areas
of the structure are completed. This may require the temporary use of secondary
locks on entrances that are to be left unattended between the time of
inspection and the introduction of the fumigant. If an individual unit or units
cannot be safely secured while preparations of other areas are taking place,
then those units must be re-inspected immediately before the fumigant is to be
applied.
(2) Prior
to the application of fumigant(s), suitable warning signs of stiff,
weather-proof material must be securely affixed and conspicuously posted as
follows:
(a) In tape-and-seal fumigation
operations: at or on all doors and entrances to the structure or enclosed
space, and at least one (1) warning sign on all sides of the structure or
enclosed space not having a door or entrance;
(b) In tent fumigation operations and also
including commodity fumigations: at least one (1) warning sign posted at or on
all doors and entrances to the structure or enclosed space and at least one (1)
warning sign on all sides of the outside of the tents or sealing covers of the
structure, enclosed space or commodities being fumigated;
(c) At all doors and entrances to common
carriers or enclosed space fumigated;
(d) Upon all gangplanks, ladders, etc. from
the dock, pier or land to vessel.
(e) On multi-unit dwellings, warning signs
must be posted at or on all exterior doors or entrance(s) of the structure
which, depending on construction, might require sign(s) on all exterior doors
or entrances of each individual unit or apartment.
(3) Warning signs shall conform in design and
information set forth as follows:
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(Skull and Crossbones Symbol)
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Danger
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(Skull and Crossbones Symbol)
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Fumigating with
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(Accepted common name of Fumigant)
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Deadly Poison
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All Persons are Warned to Keep Away
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Date and time fumigant was introduced ___
Company Name ___
Company Business Address ___
Certified Operator in Charge ___
Fumigant Introduced by ___
Day Telephone ______
Night Telephone ______
(4) Signs required must be printed, painted
or made in indelible red ink or paint insoluble in water, on white background.
The words "Danger" and "Deadly Poison" shall be in block lettering at least two
(2'') inches high. The name of the fumigant shall be at least five-eighths
(5/8'') inch high. The skull and crossbones symbol shall be at least one (1'')
inch high. All other lettering on the sign must be not less than one-half
(1/2'') inch high.
(5) All
information displayed on warning signs must be accurate and legible. The name
and day and night telephone number of the certified operator in charge of
fumigation, or a certified fumigation operator, or a special fumigation
identification cardholder who introduced the fumigant at the fumigation site
must be displayed on the warning sign. Additional numbers and other contact
information may be placed on the sign. All emergency phone numbers must be a
phone number, mobile/cell phone number or beeper number in the possession of a
person familiar with the job and trained to respond to fumigation emergencies
and equipped with label required respiratory protection and gas detection
equipment. Answering machines, beepers or voice mail systems that do not
provide a mechanism for immediate notification to an individual as described
above are prohibited. A 24 hour manned answering service that can immediately
contact a certified fumigation operator or a special fumigation identification
cardholder of the company who can respond to the emergency is
acceptable.
(6) Such warning signs
posted on the outside of tents or sealing covers shall not be removed prior to
commencement of ventilation: and such warning signs posted on or at entrances
to the structure (itself), enclosed space or commodities being fumigated shall
not be removed until the end of the fumigation period, when ventilation has
been completed and the premises declared safe for reoccupancy as required by
subsections
5E-14.113(1) and
(2), F.A.C. Ventilation shall be conducted
with due regard for the public safety.
(7) Special safety precautions,
responsibilities.
(a) When conditions
involving abnormal hazards exist, it shall be the responsibility of the person
exercising direct and personal supervision of the fumigation operation to take
such safety precautions additional to those prescribed by this chapter as are
reasonably necessary to protect the public health and safety.
(b) All exterior doors and entrances to the
fumigated structure(s) shall be posted with a warning sign on or at each door
or entrance prior to the release of the fumigant, locked, and secured with a
secondary locking device(s) or barred or otherwise secured against entry until
the end of the exposure period, then opened for ventilation and relocked,
barred or otherwise secured against reentry, including the reinstallation of
the secondary locking device(s), until declared to be safe for reoccupancy by
the person exercising direct and personal supervision of the fumigation
operation as required by subsections
5E-14.113(1) and
(2), F.A.C. A door or entrance, that, once
locked from the interior with a lock that is not accessible from the exterior,
does not require a secondary locking device or barricade.
(c) Entrances which do not have existing
locking mechanisms or are inoperable must still be secured with a secondary
locking device.
(d) If multi-unit
dwellings with internal stairwells accessing each floor can be secondarily
locked or secured, barred or barricaded at all ground level entrances, then no
other secondary locking devices are necessary, provided that the requirements
of subsection
5E-14.112(1),
F.A.C., are met. Multi-unit dwellings with exterior stairwells or fire escapes
must be secured or otherwise barricaded or barred to prevent entry from both
ground and first floor levels and from any entrance to the structure accessed
from the stairwell or fire escape. If neither of these conditions can be met,
then all entrances to individual units and all exterior entrances must be
locked or secured, barricaded or barred with secondary locking
devices.
