Mississippi

Region
Mississippi
Required to Report
Yes
What to Report
Any Pesticide-Related Exposure
State Office
Poison Control
Phone 1
1-800-222-1222
Timeframe to Report Injury or Exposure
Seven days
Reporting Notes

Please visit the Mississippi State Department of Health website below for a listing of illnesses and lab results which must be reported to MSDH:http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/877.pdf

Mandated to report
PhysiciansHospitalsLaboratories
WPS Enforcement
Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency

Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Bureau of Plant Industry: https://www.mdac.ms.gov/bureaus-departments/plant-industry/pesticide-program/worker-protection-standard/ 

Legal Services Referral for Violations
  • Southern Migrant Legal Services (based in Nashville, TN) at 615-750-1200
  • Southern Poverty Law Center (based in Montgomery, AL) at 334-956-8200 (http://splcenter.org)
Coverage for Farmworkers
Optional
Limitations
Employer may elect to become subject to workers' compensation law. Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-5 (2011) (twelfth unnumbered paragraph).
Statute
Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-5 (2011) (eleventh unnumbered paragraph)
Coverage for Undocumented Workers
Not Defined in Statue or Case Law
Case Law
"employee" means any person, including minor, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed. Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-3(d). I found no case law on the issue of whether an undocumented worker qualifies for workers' comp.
Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers
There is no case law answering this question.
State Workers’ Compensation Website
Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission
Online forms
Forms