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Arkansas

    Region
    Arkansas
    Required to Report
    Yes
    What to Report
    Any Pesticide-Related Exposure
    State Office
    Arkansas Department of Health
    Timeframe to Report Injury or Exposure
    24 hours
    WPS Enforcement
    Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency

    Arkansas State Plant Board

    Jason Robertson - Worker Protection Standard Enforcement

    1 Natural Resource Drive

    Litte Rock, AR 72205

    501-225-1598 

    http://plantboard.arkansas.gov/Pesticides/Pages/WorkerProtectionHistory.aspx

    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) (2024)
    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).