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The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA or OR-OSHA) is a state government agency that regulates workplace safety and health in the
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Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
. Oregon OSHA is a division of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services and operates under a formal state-plan agreement with
Occupational Safety and Health Administration The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA; ) is a regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces. The United States Congress established ...
(OSHA). Oregon OSHA's regulatory authority comes from the Oregon Safe Employment Act (OSEA); its jurisdiction covers most public and private sector workplaces in the state. Oregon OSHA's expressed mission is "to advance and improve workplace safety and health for all workers in Oregon."


History

From 1941 to 1989, the Accident Prevention Division (APD) – a division of the state Industrial Accident Commission – regulated workplace safety and health in Oregon. On October 2, 1989, APD became the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division. The name change was intended to "help workers and employers identify the division as the state's occupational safety and health enforcement agency and to more accurately reflect its diverse mission." Nevertheless, there is a strong continuity between APD and Oregon OSHA, linked by the OSEA. The OSEA, signed into law by Governor Tom McCall on July 22, 1973, was landmark legislation with a purpose to "assure as far as possible safe and healthful working conditions for every workingman and woman in Oregon." Oregon OSHA's status as an independent state-run program became final in 2005 when acting Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor Jonathan Snare presented the final approval agreement to Governor Ted Kulongoski – 38 years after Tom McCall signed the initial state-plan agreement with the federal government. Final approval meant that Oregon OSHA could run its own program, for the most part, without federal enforcement authority.


Programs and services

Oregon OSHA's major program areas are enforcement, consultation services, standards and technical resources, education, and conferences. Oregon OSHA also has a nationally certified occupational health laboratory and a resource center that lends books and videos to the public.


See also

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH, ) is the List of United States federal agencies, United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related occ ...
(NIOSH) *
Occupational safety and health Occupational safety and health (OSH) or occupational health and safety (OHS) is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at work (i.e., while performing duties required by one's occupation). OSH is re ...


Further reading

*"First Annual Report of the State Industrial Accident Commission of the State of Oregon", State Industrial Accident Commission, 1915 *"Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries Centennial Anniversary Book", Bureau of Labor and Industries, 2008 *"Oregon Health and Safety Resource", Volume 1, Number 1 (Summer 1989) *"Oregon Safety Congress, Organization Congress", Oregon Safety Congress. 1930 *"Our Golden Fifty: 1914-1964", Biennial report. State Industrial Accident Commission. 1964 *"Safer Oregon", Volume 1, Number 1 (June 1944) *Callahan, William A. "The Oregon Safety Story", State Industrial Accident Commission. 1957


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Oregon OSHA
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