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Or. Rev. Stat. § 654.010

Employers to furnish safe place of employment

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      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 shall do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, safety and health of such employees. [Amended by 1973 c.833 §5]

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Cited in 25 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1955–2026 · leading case: Cain v. BOVIS LEND LEASE, INC.
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Cain v. BOVIS LEND LEASE, INC. (2011) ord · cites it 8× “is not an amendment of the workmen’s compensation law but a separate and independent act. It is worthy of note that the safety act was one of a series of acts adopted in the early part of this century for the protection of workmen.”
Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division v. CBI Services, Inc. (2014) or “” ORS 654.010. At the same time, the Act requires that “[n]o employer shall construct or cause to be constructed or maintained any place of employment that is unsafe or detrimental to health.”
Anderson v. Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. (1994) orctapp · cites it 2× “ORS 654.010; ORS 654.015; ORS 654.022. 10 Towards *736 those ends, the OSEA authorizes the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to set and enforce safety and health standards and procedures to achieve the statute’s objectives.”
Rich v. Tite-Knot Pine Mill (1966) or · cites it 2× “PUD, 213 Or 264, 289-290 , 323 P2d 664 (1958), illustrate why: “The basic purpose of the safety act is clearly evident from the language of the first section thereof, now ORS 654.010, * which in substance requires every employer to (1) furnish employment *200 safe for employees…”
Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division v. Port of Portland (1996) orctapp · cites it 4× “The duty to which the parties refer, known as the “general duty clause,” is expressed in ORS 654.010: “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…”
Hillman v. Northern Wasco County PUD (1958) or “(2) ORS 654.010. Every employer shall furnish employment and a place of employment which are safe for employes therein, and shall furnish and use such safety devices and safeguards, and shall adopt and use such practices, means, methods, operations and process as are reasonably…”
Butler v. State Department of Corrections (1995) orctapp “” The Act requires every employer to “furnish employment and aplace of employment which are safe and healthful for employees therein * * ORS 654.010. Therefore, if plaintiff can establish that he suffered discrimination at his employment because he made a complaint “related to”…”
Kruse v. Coos Head Timber Co. (1967) or · cites it 2× “305, which was part of the Employer's Liability Act, enlarged the common law requirements by establishing a higher degree of care.”
OR-OSHA v. A & B Sheet Metal Works, LLC (2020) orctapp “” ORS 654.010; see also ORS 654.003. The OSEA permits the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt by reference federal regulations regarding workplace safety.”
OR-OSHA v. Laborworks Ind. / Tradesman Int. (2025) orctapp · cites it 3× “1 OR-OSHA cited Laborworks under ORS 654.010 for failing to provide a safe place of employment, under OAR 437-001-0760(1)(a), and under two federal regulations.”
Larson v. Papst (1955) or “*130 Section 102-1228, OCLA (ORS 654.010), reads as follows: “Every employer shall furnish employment which shall be safe for the employes therein, and shall furnish a place of employment which shall be safe for employes therein, and shall furnish and use such safety devices and…”
Accident Prevention Division v. Stadeli Pump & Construction, Inc. (1974) orctapp “ORS 654.010. ORS 654.005 (3) defines “employe” as “* * * any individual, including a minor whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, who engages to furnish his services for a remuneration, financial or otherwise, subject to the direction and control of an employer, and includes *…”
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