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Washington

    Region
    Washington
    Required to Report
    Yes
    State Office
    Department of Health, Office of Environmental Health, Safety, and Toxicology
    Timeframe to Report Injury or Exposure
    Three days
    Reporting Notes

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

    SENSOR partnership with NIOSH

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

    WPS Enforcement
    Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency
    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.