HR and Workplace Safety: Oregon
Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.
Author: Leanne Coffman
Summary
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Oregon requirements regarding workplace safety and health, including those related to the state plan, the Oregon Safe Employment Act, the Oregon Safety and Health Administration (Oregon OSHA), compliance programs, differences from federal law, reporting and recordkeeping, written safety and health programs, safety committees, whistleblower and retaliation protections, heat illness prevention, wildfire smoke protections, ergonomics, workplace posters, the statute of limitations for personal injuries, warehouse worker protections, the use of electronic devices while driving, and drug and alcohol testing.
