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The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Andhra Pradesh) Rules, 2026

Rule 114. Precautionary notices

Chapter XIII — PlantationMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020G.O.Rt. No. 146, 6 Aug 2026

Official text

Every employer in the plantations shall display the following precautionary notices at or near the place where the insecticide chemicals and toxic substances are handled:-
(I) Use protective clothing like overalls, gloves, goggles, rubber gum-boots and wide-rimmed hats. (II) Do not wear clothes contaminated with insecticides and pesticides (III) Clean the protective clothing by washing it with soap and water (IV) Do not allow children, sick persons, pregnant women and nursing mothers to handle insecticides and pesticides
(V) Do not eat, drink, smoke or chew while handling insecticides and pesticides (VI) Never blow out clogged nozzles with mouth (VII) Do not use leaking sprayers. Avoid contamination of the skin, mouth and eyes (VIII) Do not inhale the insecticides unattended in the fields (IX) Never spray insecticides and pesticides against the wind.
(X) Do not leave insecticides and pesticides unattended in the fields (XI) Do not allow humans and livestock to enter the fields where insecticides and pesticides are sprayed for a period of time, as suggested by the manufacturers. (XII) Do not wash insecticide and pesticide containers near a well or running stream (XIII) Keep clean water, soaps and towels ready for use
(XIV) Wash hands and exposed skin thoroughly with soap and water before eating, drinking, smoking or chewing, chewing and after work. (XV) Keep the insecticides and pesticides locked in the store room and out of reach of children and other unauthorised persons (XVI) Do not enter the sprayed field. Follow the re-entry periods for all insecticides and pesticides, including herbicides, suggested by the manufactures (XVII) Keep insecticides and pesticides in their original, labelled containers. (XVIII) Do not decant insecticides and pesticides into unlabelled containers except for immediate use. (XIX) Dispose of the containers safely after thoroughly emptying and washing. They may be buried in a place away from a water source. (XX) Never reuse the container for any other purposes if it is impossible to remove the traces and pesticides from the containers. Such other matters prescribed by the State Government as per sub-section (4) of Section 93

Source: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Andhra Pradesh) Rules, 2026, G.O.Rt. No. 146 — Andhra Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary (as ordered by G.O.Rt. No. 146), pp. 81–82 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 81 · official download · all sources

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