Pesticide Reporting Requirements Region North Carolina Required to Report Yes What to Report Any Pesticide-Related Exposure State Office Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch Phone 1 800-200-7090 Timeframe to Report Injury or Exposure 48 Hours Web reference http://epi.publichealth.nc.gov/pest/pdf/reporting_form.pdf Reporting Notes Reports can be made by telephone to Poison Control or to the Division of Public Health. For additional information about reporting pesticide exposures in North Carolina, please visit the Division of Public Health site: http://epi.publichealth.nc.gov/pest/toreport.html Mandated to report PhysiciansOther health professionals SENSOR partnership with NIOSH Pesticide Poisoning Surveillance Program (technical support from NIOSH): http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/pests.html Worker's Compensation Coverage for Farmworkers Required (with limitations) Limitations Employers must provide workers' compensation only if they employ 10 or more full-time nonseasonal farm laborers. Statute N.C. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 97-13(b) (2011) Coverage for Undocumented Workers Yes Case Law Gayton v. Gage Carolina Metals Inc., 560 S.E.2d 870 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002) (holding that status as illegal alien did not bar recovery under workers' compensation and that because employer had failed to establish employee was able to return to work, employer could not terminate workers' compensation benefits); Rivera v. Trapp, 519 S.E.2d 777 (N.C. Ct. App. 1999) (noting that definition of "employee" includes every person engaged in employment including aliens). Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers Undocumented workers can receive wage-loss benefits and temporary total disability benefits. Gayton v. Gage Carolina Metals Inc., 560 S.E.2d 870, 874 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002) (finding that undocumented worker could receive "total incapacity" benefits until employer demonstrated that "but for" his illegal status the worker could obtain a job; in other words, as long as the worker remained physically disabled, he was eligible for benefits); Ruiz v. Belk Masonry Co., Inc., 559 S.E.2d 249, 254 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002) (affirming an award of total permanent disability benefits to an undocumented worker); Roset-Eredia v. F.W. Dellinger, Inc., 190 N.C. App. 520 (N.C. Ct. App. 2008) (affirming a determination of temporarily totally disabled of an undocumented worker). State Workers’ Compensation Website North Carolina Industrial Commission Online forms Workers Compensation Forms WP Enforcement Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: http://www.ncagr.gov/SPCAP/pesticides/ Legal Services Referral for Violations Legal Aid of North Carolina, Farmworker Unit at 919-856-2180 http://www.legalaidnc.org/Pages/about-us/projects/Farmworker-Unit.aspx North Carolina Justice Center at 919-856-2570 (http://www.ncjustice.org) Southern Poverty Law Center (based in Atlanta) at 404-521-6700 (http://www.splcenter.org)