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Washington - Pesticide Reporting Requirements

Pesticide Reporting Requirements
Region
Washington
Required to Report
Yes
State Office
Department of Health, Office of Environmental Health, Safety, and Toxicology
Phone 1
877-485-7316
Timeframe to Report Injury or Exposure
Three days
Reporting Notes

Report by phone either to Poison Control or to the Department of Health

Mandated to report
PhysiciansOther health professionals
SENSOR partnership with NIOSH

Washington Pesticide Program (funding and technical support from NIOSH): http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/Pest//

Worker's Compensation
Coverage for Farmworkers
Required
Limitations
Employers must provide workers' compensation except to a child under age 18 employed by his parents in agricultural activities on the family farm. Children ages 18 to 21 living and working on a family farm may be excluded from mandatory coverage by their parents. Note: because this does not impact farm workers, coverage is required for farm workers.
Statute
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. §§ 51.12.020(6), 51.12.025(1) (2011)
Coverage for Undocumented Workers
Not Defined in Statue or Case Law
Case Law
If a nonresident alien is a citizen of a government that has a compensation law that excludes, or is not as favorable as the WA workers' comp law is to, U.S. citizens then the nonresident alien shall receive no benefits. No payment shall be made to a beneficiary residing in a country with which the United States does not maintain diplomatic relations. Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 51.32.140. 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.
WP Enforcement
Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency