Temporary employees

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Overview

Temporary workers may not be aware that they have the same right to a safe workplace as other workers. Many of these workers have not been trained in identifying workplace hazards and are afraid to speak up for their rights because of the temporary nature of their work. Training temporary workers to identify and protect themselves from workplace hazards can be challenging for employers; however, that does not change the fact that temporary workers are entitled to a safe workplace.

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Fact sheets
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Who Pays?
  Explains Oregon OSHA's personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements including who pays for PPE.
  English 10/18/2022
- Recording and posting work-related incidents
  Summarizes Oregon OSHA's requirements for posting and recording work-related incidents, injuries, and illnesses. It also includes Oregon record retention requirements.
  English 01/04/2024
- Registro e informe de lesiones y enfermedades ocurridas en el lugar de trabajo
  Recording and posting work-related incidents
  Resume los requisitos de Oregon OSHA para publicar y registrar incidentes, lesiones y enfermedades relacionados con el trabajo. También incluye los requisitos de retención de registros de Oregon.
  Spanish 01/16/2024
- Reporte de incidents laborales
  Reporting work-related incidents
  Describe lo que los empleadores deben hacer cuando los empleados están involucrados en incidentes relacionados con el trabajo que causan hospitalizaciones durante la noche, catástrofes o muertes.
  Spanish 05/09/2025
- Reporting work-related incidents
  Describes what employers need to do when employees are involved in work-related incidents that cause overnight hospitalizations, catastrophes, or fatalities.
  English 01/08/2025

Education and training

Rules and rule-related

Final Rules
- Division 1, 437-001-0700, Recording Workplace Injuries and Illnesses
  Administrative Order 4-2023
- Division 1, 437-001-0704 through 437-001-0742, Reporting Fatalities and Injuries to Oregon OSHA
  Administrative Order 4-2023
- Division 1, 437-001-0760, Rules for All Workplaces
  Administrative Order 3-2023
Interpretations
- Recordkeeping - noise
  05/08/2002
- Temporary agency employers - requirements of respiratory protection 1910.134
  11/20/1998
Program Directives
- Bloodborne Pathogens
  Purpose: This instruction establishes policies and provides clarifications to ensure uniform inspection procedures are followed when conducting inspections to enforce the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Standard.
  A-154 05/15/2013
- Worker Inspection Criteria: Temporary Service Providers and Leasing Companies
  Purpose: To provide guidance to Oregon OSHA staff when working with temporary service providers and worker leasing companies.
  A-246 12/17/2015

Temporary employees

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