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Tick and Poisonous Plant Hazards <br />Risk Guide for Ticks: <br />Ticks are ranked as a risk for this project <br />Select required controls below: <br />Engineering Controls Administrative Controls <br />Mowing of work area X Complete tick check morning/evening <br />Clearing overgrown vegetation Scheduled tick check: <br />Pesticide application X Inspect backpacks, equipment cases, etc. daily <br />Other: X Vehicle cab - maintain good housekeeping <br />Other: <br />Personal Protective Equipment <br />X Light colored clothing White coveralls/Tyvek <br />Light colored hat/hardhat Taped cuffs/pant legs <br />Pants tucked in boots Tick gators <br />Shirt tucked into pants Double sided tape/duct tape sticky side out <br />X Long sleeved shirt and long pants Insect mesh/netting for face/head or whole body suit <br />White Tyvek pants Other: <br />Repellents <br />Repellents will not be used Deet 20-40% applied to skin <br />Permethrin impregnated clothing (purchased)Other: <br />X Permethrin (0.5% self applied/treated to clothing) <br />For all projects with outdoor work, biological hazards must be addressed in the tailgate safety <br />meeting each day. The following controls must be used to mitigate biological hazards while working <br />and must also be discussed in the tailgate safety meeting. <br />Care should be taken to avoid walking through or working in tall grasses, overgrown or bushy <br />vegetation to the extent reasonable and practical. No single control is effective against ticks. <br />Medium <br />Controlling Tick Hazards <br />Paved areas; parking lots; well manicured lawns and fields; no work taking place <br />within 15 feet of vegetated areas; work in REGIONS with no tick populations; sub- <br />freezing temperatures, snow or ice cover on ground.* <br />Brush hogged fields, wetlands, and grasslands; forested areas with little <br />undergrowth; weeds less than knee height; moderately dense foliage; sporadic or <br />moderately vegetated shaded areas; average leaf accumulation and decaying <br />material on the ground; work taking place in fields after application of insecticide; <br />work in REGIONS with a recognized moderate tick populations; outdoor work <br />during spring, summer and fall months.* <br />Uncut fields, wetlands, forested areas, and grasslands; weeds taller than knee <br />height; heavy dense foliage; heavily vegetated shaded areas; excessive <br />accumulations of leaves and decaying material on the ground; work in REGIONS <br />with recognized heavy tick populations; areas with posted tick hazard warnings; <br />outdoor work during spring, summer and fall months.* <br />Permethrin must be applied to clothing within the past 6 weeks or within 6 garment washings. Do <br />not apply permethrin directly to skin. Follow manufacturer's application instructions. <br />Heat stress signs/symptoms and controls to also be addressed in tailgate safety meeting if <br />temperatures >80°F <br />High <br /> *Cold weather does not eliminate risk of exposure to deer ticks as they may be active all year in areas that experience <br />subfreezing temperatures. <br />Low <br />Medium