ORS 654.305
Protection and safety of persons in hazardous employment generally


Generally, all owners, contractors or subcontractors and other persons having charge of, or responsibility for, any work involving a risk or danger to the employees or the public shall use every device, care and precaution that is practicable to use for the protection and safety of life and limb, limited only by the necessity for preserving the efficiency of the structure, machine or other apparatus or device, and without regard to the additional cost of suitable material or safety appliance and devices. [Amended by 1997 c.249 §199]

Source: Section 654.305 — Protection and safety of persons in hazardous employment generally, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors654.­html.

Notes of Decisions

To recover under Employer’s Liability Act against person other than injured worker’s employer, injured worker must establish that defendant had actual charge of plaintiff’s work or had right to control manner in which plaintiff performed that work or that defendant and plaintiff’s employer were engaged in work on common enterprise. Torres v. US National Bank of Oregon, 65 Or App 207, 670 P2d 230 (1983), Sup Ct review denied; Quackenbush v. PGE, 134 Or App 111, 894 P2d 535 (1995), Sup Ct review denied; Moe v. Eugene Zurbrugg Construction Co., 202 Or App 577, 123 P3d 338 (2005)

Where plaintiff suffered on-the-job injury alleging employe of defendant was negligent in connection with accident and alleges defendant is his “indirect employer” for purposes of Employer’s Liability Act, defendant and employe sent to advise and assist had no responsibility for safety of equipment or plaintiff’s job safety and trial court did not err in directing verdict for defendant. Fortney v. Crawford Door Sales Corp., 97 Or App 276, 775 P2d 910 (1989)

Defendant supplier of scaffold which caused plaintiff’s worker’s injury was not subject to Employer’s Liability Act where defendant retained no control over scaffold or its use and had no connection with plaintiff’s job activity after bringing scaffold to job site. Steiner v. Beaver State Scaffolding Equipment Co., 97 Or App 453, 777 P2d 965 (1989)

“Public” includes worker whose employer is engaged in common enterprise with in-charge third party. Trout v. Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp., 154 Or App 89, 961 P2d 235 (1998)

Person who is not direct employer of plaintiff is liable under Employer Liability Law if person: (1) engages with direct employer in common enterprise; (2) retains right to control manner or method in which risk-producing activity is performed; or (3) actually controls manner or method in which risk-producing activity is performed. Cortez v. Nacco Materials Handling Group, 248 Or App 435, 274 P3d 202 (2012), aff’d 356 Or 254, 337 P3d 111 (2014)

Person is engaged in common enterprise with direct employer of plaintiff when: (1) operations of person are integral to or component part of work; (2) work involves risk or danger to employees or public; (3) person has adopted plaintiff as employee or allowed intermingling of work performed by employees and plaintiff; and (4) person has charge of, or responsibility for, activity or instrumentality that caused plaintiff’s injury. Cortez v. Nacco Materials Handling Group, 248 Or App 435, 274 P3d 202 (2012), aff’d 356 Or 254, 337 P3d 111 (2014)

654.001
Short title
654.003
Purpose
654.005
Definitions
654.010
Employers to furnish safe place of employment
654.015
Unsafe or unhealthy place of employment prohibited
654.020
Interference with safety devices or methods prohibited
654.022
Duty to comply with safety and health orders, decisions and rules
654.025
Jurisdiction and supervision of Workers’ Compensation Board, director and other state agencies over employment and places of employment
654.031
Citation and order to correct unsafe or unhealthy conditions
654.035
Scope of rules and orders
654.056
Variance from safety or health standards
654.062
Notice of violation to employer by worker
654.067
Inspection of places of employment
654.071
Citation for safety or health standard violations
654.078
Contesting violations
654.082
Prohibiting use of equipment involved in violation
654.086
Civil penalty for violations
654.090
Occupational safety and health activities
654.097
Consultative services required
654.101
Voluntary safety and health consultation
654.120
Records of proceedings
654.130
Proceedings against unwilling witnesses
654.150
Sanitary facilities at construction projects
654.160
Applicability of ORS 654.150 to be included in construction contracts
654.165
Employees not required to work bare-handed or rubber-gloved on high voltage lines
654.170
Stairway railings and guards not required for certain public and historic buildings
654.172
Exemption from inspection or investigation for certain agricultural activities
654.174
Sanitation facilities for workers harvesting food crops
654.176
Safety committee or safety meeting required
654.182
Rules for ORS 654.176
654.189
Safe Employment Education and Training Advisory Committee
654.191
Occupational Safety and Health Grant program
654.192
Labor organization not liable for injury resulting from absence of safety or health provision
654.196
Rules on contents of piping systems
654.200
Scholarship account
654.202
Issuance of warrants for safety and health inspections
654.206
Grounds for issuance of inspection warrants
654.212
Procedure for issuance of inspection warrant by magistrate
654.216
Execution of inspection warrants
654.251
Assistance to director from other state agencies
654.285
Admissibility of rules and orders of department in evidence in proceedings under ORS 654.001 to 654.295, 654.412 to 654.423 and 654.750 to 654.780
654.290
Applicability of Administrative Procedures Act
654.293
Representation of employer by attorney permitted
654.295
Application of Oregon Safe Employment Act
654.305
Protection and safety of persons in hazardous employment generally
654.310
Places of employment
654.315
Persons in charge of work to see that ORS 654.305 to 654.336 are complied with
654.320
Who considered agent of owner
654.325
Who may prosecute damage action for death
654.330
Fellow servant negligence as defense
654.336
Comparative negligence
654.345
Safety standards for utility vehicle rentals
654.400
Use of title of industrial hygienist, occupational health and safety technologist, construction health and safety technician or safety professional
654.402
Activities permitted under other designation, certification or license
654.412
Definitions for ORS 654.412 to 654.423
654.413
Required policies regarding surgical smoke
654.414
Duties of health care employer
654.416
Required records of assaults against employees
654.418
Protection of employee of health care employer after assault by patient
654.421
Refusal to treat certain patients by home health care employee
654.423
Use of physical force by health care employee in self-defense against assault
654.715
Report of accidents to Public Utility Commission
654.720
Public inspection or use of reports as evidence prohibited
654.750
Definitions for ORS 654.750 to 654.780
654.760
Rules on hazardous chemicals, safety equipment and training
654.770
Basic information available to agricultural employers for employees
654.780
Providing basic information to employees
654.991
Penalties
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