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Or. Rev. Stat. § 654.750

Definitions for ORS 654.750 to 654.780

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      654.750 Definitions for ORS 654.750 to 654.780. As used in this section and ORS 654.760, 654.770 and 654.780, unless the context requires otherwise:

      (1) “Employee” means any individual, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, who engages to furnish services for a remuneration, financial or otherwise, subject to the direction and control of an employer.

      (2) “Employer” means any person engaged in agriculture who engages one or more employees.

      (3) “Hazardous chemical” means any chemical which is a physical or health hazard.

      (4) “Health hazard” means a chemical for which there is statistically significant evidence, based on at least one study conducted in accordance with established scientific principles, that acute or chronic health effects may occur in exposed employees. The term “health hazard” includes chemicals which are carcinogenic, toxic or highly toxic agents, reproductive toxins, irritants, corrosives, sensitizers, hepatotoxins, nephrotoxins, neurotoxins, agents which act on the hematopoietic system, and agents which damage the lungs, skin, eyes or mucous membranes.

      (5) “Physical hazard” means a chemical for which there is scientifically valid evidence that it is a combustible liquid, a compressed gas, explosive, flammable, an organic peroxide, an oxidizer, pyrophoric, unstable or water-reactive compound. [1987 c.832 §2]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1992–2019 · leading case: Shockey v. City of Portland
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Shockey v. City of Portland (1992) or · cites it 2× “295, ORS 654.750 to 654.780, and ORS 654.991, is to "assure as far as possible safe and healthful working conditions for every working man and woman in Oregon.”
Ossanna v. Nike, Inc. (2019) or “423, ORS 654.750 to 654.780, and ORS 654.991, provides that the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall process a complaint alleging retaliation "under the procedures, policies and remedies established by ORS chapter 659A and * * * in the same way and to the same extent that the…”
Herbert v. Altimeter, Inc. (2009) orctapp “423, ORS 654.750 to 654.780, and ORS 654.991. 4 Major life activities include employment.”
Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division v. Don Whitaker Logging, Inc. (1999) or “The decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed.”
Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division v. Moore Excavation, Inc. (2013) orctapp “423, ORS 654.750 to 654.780, and ORS 654.991. For ease of reading, we use the term employee “exposure” where possible throughout this opinion; however, the same concept is encompassed by terms such as employee “endangerment,” “access,” and others quoted herein in connection with…”
Alcutt v. Adams Family Food Services, Inc. (2013) orctapp “423, ORS 654.750 to 654.780, and ORS 654.991. Those statutes provide, respectively, that “[o]ccupational diseases shall be subject to all of the same limitations and exclusions as accidental injuries under ORS 656.”
Moe v. Eugene Zurbrugg Construction Co. (2005) orctapp “295, ORS 654.750 - 654.780; ORS 654.991. Plaintiff alleged, among other things, that defendants had violated the ELL by permitting the installation of the lanes before the overhead work had been completed, failing to cover the trenches or to require that another employee be…”
Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division v. CBI Services, Inc. (2013) orctapp “423, ORS 654.750 to 654.780, and ORS 654.991. ORS 654.”
Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division v. Tom O'Brien Construction Co. (1999) or “Because the court concluded that the evidentiary issue was dispositive, it did not rule on OR-OSHA’s second assignment of error, which involved the propriety of what is known in cases decided under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 USC §§ 651-678 (OSHA), as the…”
Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division v. Port of Portland (1996) orctapp “295, ORS 654.750 through ORS 654.780, and ORS 654.”
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