Arkansas
Pesticide Reporting Requirements
Region
Arkansas
Required to Report
Yes
What to Report
Any Pesticide-Related Exposure
State Office
Arkansas Department of Health
Phone 1
800-482-8888
Timeframe to Report Injury or Exposure
24 hours
Mandated to report
PhysiciansHospitalsLaboratoriesOther health professionals
Workers' Compensation
Coverage for Farmworkers
Optional
Limitations
Employer can chose to waive exception of agricultural work from workers' compensation.
Statute
Ark. Code Ann. §§ 11-9-102(11)(A)(iii), 11-9-403(a) (2008)
Coverage for Undocumented Workers
Not Defined in Statue or Case Law
Case Law
There is no case law answering this question.
Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers
Undocumented worker's nonresident depedent children are eligible for survivor benefits after undocumented worker's death due to workplace accident. Death & Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund v. Rodriguez, 2009 WL 331439, 3 (Ark. Ct. App. 2009). However, this does not answer the question of whether undocumented workers are eligible for benefits, because the analysis in the case focused solely on the children and whether they were dependents. There was no discussion of whether the undocumented worker himself was eligible for benefits (or whether the children might be ineligible because he was ineligible himself due to his immigration status).
State Workers’ Compensation Website
Online forms