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Or. Rev. Stat. § 654.015

Unsafe or unhealthy place of employment prohibited

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      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]

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Cited in 11 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1958–2025 · leading case: Cain v. BOVIS LEND LEASE, INC.
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Cain v. BOVIS LEND LEASE, INC. (2011) ord · cites it 25× “ESA seeks partial summary judgment as to Cain’s “First Claim for Relief: Violation of Oregon Safe Employment Act, ORS 654.015.” Dkt. # 123, p. 2. I first will set forth the standards applicable to the court’s consideration of motions for summary judgment.”
Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division v. CBI Services, Inc. (2014) or “” ORS 654.015. The OSEA vests the director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) with the responsibility for enforcing the terms of the OSEA.”
Anderson v. Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. (1994) orctapp · cites it 2× “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.”
Brown v. Boise Cascade Corp. (1997) orctapp “ORS 654.015 prohibits an ‘owner’ from ‘constructing] or caus[ing] to be constructed or maintained’ unsafe places of employment.”
Hillman v. Northern Wasco County PUD (1958) or “(3) ORS 654.015. No employer, owner or lessee of any real property in this state shall construct or cause to be constructed or maintained, any place of employment that is not safe.”
Moe v. Beck (1991) or · cites it 2× “067 permits safety and health authorities to inspect the workplace premises “upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, employer or agent in charge.”
DeHarpport v. Johnson (2015) orctapp “Plaintiff brought claims against defendant for providing an unsafe workplace in violation of ORS 654.015, negligence related to risk from defendant’s son, intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), and wrongful initiation of civil proceedings based on an abuse…”
OR-OSHA v. Laborworks Ind. / Tradesman Int. (2025) orctapp “005 applied, and that a defendant finance company that owned but had no cus- tody or control of the truck that was the worker’s place of employment, was none- theless subject to the OSEA); ORS 654.015 (providing that “[n]o employer or owner shall construct or cause to be…”
Groeneweg v. Jeld-Wen, Inc. (2020) ord · cites it 4× “These statutes are Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 654.015 and 654.022. Additionally, one of plaintiff’s claims cites Or.”
OR-OSHA v. Laborworks Ind. / Tradesman Int. (2025) orctapp “005 applied, and that a defendant finance company that owned but had no cus- tody or control of the truck that was the worker’s place of employment, was none- theless subject to the OSEA); ORS 654.015 (providing that “[n]o employer or owner shall construct or cause to be…”
Clinton Marshall v. Rs 2018 Float, LLC (2024) ca9 “Marshall argues that the district court erred in granting Float’s motion for summary judgment on his claim under the Oregon Safe Employment Act (OSEA), Or. Rev. Stat. § 654.015 , his claim under the Oregon Employer Liability Law (OELL), Or.”
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