Pesticide Reporting Requirements Region Louisiana Required to Report Yes What to Report Any Pesticide-Related Exposure State Office Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, Section of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology Phone 1 504-219-4518 Timeframe to Report Injury or Exposure End of the work-week Web reference https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-EH/envepi/Pest/Documents/FORM_pesticide_po… Mandated to report PhysiciansHospitalsLaboratoriesOther health professionals SENSOR partnership with NIOSH Pesticide Surveillance Program (technical support from NIOSH): Pesticide Surveillance Program | La Dept. of Health Worker's Compensation Coverage for Farmworkers Required (with limitations) Limitations Employers that are private unincorporated farms do not have to provide an employee coverage if the employee's annual net earnings is $1,000 or less OR the total net earnings of all the employees do not exceed $2,500. Statute La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 23:1035(B)(1) (2011) Coverage for Undocumented Workers Yes Case Law Artiga v. M.A. Patout & Son, 672 So.2d 1138 (La. Ct. App. 1996) (holding that La. Workers' Compensation Act does not exclude illegal aliens from securing workers' compensation benefits when justified); See also Rodriguez v. Integrity Contracting, 38 So.3d 511 (La. App. 2010) (holding undocumented workers are not statutorily excluded from receiving workers' compensation benefits). Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers There is no case law answering this question State Workers’ Compensation Website Louisiana Workforce Commission Online forms Forms Additional Information For employees whose farm employer is exempt from providing workers' compensation, if a person [e.g., farm contractor] is in the business of furnishing those employees to the private unincorporated farm, that person must provide workers' comp. La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 23:1035(B)(1) (2011). WP Enforcement Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry: Complaint Consent Form How to File a WPS Pesticide Complaint How to File Document WPS Enforcement Southern Poverty Law Center link: Louisiana | Southern Poverty Law Center Legal Services Referral for Violations New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice, Alliance of Guestworkers for Dignity at 504-452-9159 (http://www.nowcrj.org) 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)