Section 654.001 – Short title.
ORS 654.001 to 654.295, 654.412 to 654.423, 654.750 to 654.780 and 654.991 may be cited as the Oregon Safe Employment Act. [1973 c.833 §2]
Section 654.003 – Purpose.
The purpose of the Oregon Safe Employment Act is to ensure as far as possible safe and healthful working conditions for every working person in Oregon, to preserve our human resources and to reduce the substantial burden, in terms of lost production, wage loss, medical expenses, disability compensation payments and human suffering, that is created […]
Section 654.005 – Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Board” means the Workers’ Compensation Board created by ORS 656.712. (2) “Department” means the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (3) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (4) “Employee” includes: (a) Any individual, including a minor whether lawfully […]
Section 654.010 – Employers to furnish safe place of employment.
Every employer shall furnish employment and a place of employment which are safe and healthful for employees therein, and shall furnish and use such devices and safeguards, and shall adopt and use such practices, means, methods, operations and processes as are reasonably necessary to render such employment and place of employment safe and healthful, and […]
Section 654.015 – Unsafe or unhealthy place of employment prohibited.
No employer or owner shall construct or cause to be constructed or maintained any place of employment that is unsafe or detrimental to health. [Amended by 1973 c.833 §6]
Section 654.020 – Interference with safety devices or methods prohibited; civil penalty.
(1) No person shall remove, displace, damage, destroy or carry off any safety device or safeguard furnished and provided for use in any employment or place of employment, or interfere in any way with the use thereof by any other person, or interfere with the use of any method or process adopted for the protection […]
Section 654.022 – Duty to comply with safety and health orders, decisions and rules.
Every employer, owner, employee and other person shall obey and comply with every requirement of every order, decision, direction, standard, rule or regulation made or prescribed by the Department of Consumer and Business Services in connection with the matters specified in ORS 654.001 to 654.295, 654.412 to 654.423 and 654.750 to 654.780, or in any […]
Section 654.025 – Jurisdiction and supervision of Workers’ Compensation Board, director and other state agencies over employment and places of employment; rules.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services is vested with full power and jurisdiction over, and shall have such supervision of, every employment and place of employment in this state as may be necessary to enforce and administer all laws, regulations, rules, standards and lawful orders requiring such employment and place […]
Section 654.030
[Amended by 1973 c.833 §24; renumbered 654.130]
Section 654.031 – Citation and order to correct unsafe or unhealthy conditions.
Whenever the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services has reason to believe, after an inspection or investigation, that any employment or place of employment is unsafe or detrimental to health or that the practices, means, methods, operations or processes employed or used in connection therewith are unsafe or detrimental to health, or […]
Section 654.035 – Scope of rules and orders.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may, by general or special orders, or by regulations, rules, codes or otherwise: (a) Declare and prescribe what devices, safeguards or other means of protection and what methods, processes or work practices are well adapted to render every employment and place of employment safe […]
Section 654.045
[Amended by 1973 c.833 §10; renumbered 654.031]
Section 654.056 – Variance from safety or health standards; effect of variance on citations.
(1) Any employer may apply to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, pursuant to regulations and procedures adopted by the director, for an order granting the employer a variance from a particular safety or health regulation, rule or standard. (2) The director may grant a temporary variance only if the employer […]
Section 654.060
[Amended by 1973 c.833 §8; renumbered 654.022]
Section 654.062 – Notice of violation to employer by worker; complaint by worker to director; inspection; protection of complaining employees; rebuttable presumption.
(1) Every employee should notify the employer of any violation of law, regulation or standard pertaining to safety and health in the place of employment when the violation comes to the knowledge of the employee. (2) However, any employee or representative of the employee may complain to the Director of the Department of Consumer and […]
Section 654.067 – Inspection of places of employment; denial of access; warrants; safety and health consultation with employees.
(1) In order to carry out the purposes of ORS 654.001 to 654.295, 654.412 to 654.423 and 654.750 to 654.780, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, employer or agent in charge, is authorized: (a) To enter without delay and at reasonable times any place […]
Section 654.071 – Citation for safety or health standard violations; effect of failure to correct violation; posting of citations and notices by employer.
(1) If the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or an authorized representative of the director has reason to believe, after inspection or investigation of a place of employment, that an employer has violated any state occupational safety or health law, regulation, standard, rule or order, the director or the authorized representative […]
Section 654.078 – Contesting violations; hearing; admissibility in criminal or civil proceedings of stipulations involving violations.
(1) An employer may contest a citation, a proposed assessment of civil penalty and the period of time fixed for correction of a violation, or any of these, by filing with the Department of Consumer and Business Services, within 30 days after receipt of the citation, notice or order, a written request for a hearing […]
Section 654.082 – Prohibiting use of equipment involved in violation; red warning notice.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, or an authorized representative of the director with the approval of the director or, pursuant to such rules and procedures as the director may prescribe, with the approval of the director, to preclude exposure to a condition which, if such exposure occurred would constitute […]
Section 654.085
[Amended by 1973 c.833 §33; renumbered 654.285]