Agriculture

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​COVID-19-Related Rule Updates

Infectious Disease Rulemaking

Infectious Disease Advisory Committee

Proposed permanent rule January 29, 2021​​
​Comparison of proposed permanent rule and existing temporary rule​

April 6, 2021 - The public comment period for “Oregon OSHA’s Proposal on Rules Addressing the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency in All Oregon Workplaces” closed April 2, with more than 5,000 comments that are still being logged. We expect to make a decision before the existing rule expires on May 4. We have previously committed that anything required by the new rule that is not required by the existing temporary rule will have a delayed effective date. We are not taking any more feedback and we will not be able to provide any more specific details regarding timing of the decision.

Temporary Rule​ and Appendix ​Addressing COVID-19 Workplace Risks (AO 3-2020, November 6, 2020 & AO 4-2020 December 11, 2020)

• ​Overview Table for Oregon OSHA COVID-19 Temporary Rule
• Questions and Answers  (Spanish)
• Fact Sheet: COVID-19 Temporary Rule for All Workplaces  (Spanish)
• Fact Sheet: Provisions with Delayed Effective Dates  (Spanish)
• ​COVID-19 Hazards Poster
  • English and Spanish
• ​​ ​​Model Policy for Notification of Employees when COVID-19 Exposure Occurs
  • Word document or PDF
  • Spanish Word document and PDF
Employers need NOT submit their exposure risk assessment, infection control plans, employee training information, etc. to the Agency in advance for review or approval.​
• ​Exposure Risk Assessment Form
  • *​Fill-in Word document and Print version
    
• Infection Control Plan
  • *​Fill-in Word document, Spanish, and ​Print version
• ​Training materials in English​ and Spanish
  • Training verification form  Not required by the rule, but we are providing one as a courtesy.​​
* The following Risk Assessments and Infectious Control Plans are provided as examples, and may not reflect every situation or all hazards in your workplace. These sample programs should only be used as reference sources and not as a replacement of conducting a Hazard Assessment or Infection Control Plan specific to your workers and workplace.
• ​ Exa​mple Risk Assessment
• Sample Items to Consider for Risk Assessment 
  • Fill-in Word version​ and Spanish​
    
• Example Infection Control Plan​
• Sample Items to Consider for Infection Control Plan​​​
  
  • Fill-in word version and Spanish

Clarifying the Relationship between Temporary COVID-19 Rulemaking and other ongoing rulemaking activities.
Spanish - Aclarando la relación entre la reglamentación temporal sobre el COVID-19 y otras actividades en curso de reglamentación.

Labor Housing Rulemaking

Notice of Proposed Rules Addressing the COVID-19 Workplace Requirements for Employer-Provided Labor Housing

• Request for Public Comment ​through Feb. 24, 2021​

The Temporary rule addressing the COVID-19 emergency in employer-provided housing, labor-intensive agricultural operations, and agricultural transportation was set to expire on October 24, 2020. On October 23, 2020 Governor Brown issued an Executive Order (20-58) extending the requirements of employer-provided housing (Section 2) of the Temporary Rule. Labor-intensive agricultural operation (Section 1) and agricultural transportation (Section 3) of the temporary rule expired on October 24, 2020 and are no longer in effect.

• ​Executive Order (20-58)
• Supplemental ALH Checklist​
• Temporary Rule Fact Sheet
• The following resources do not reflect the expiration of Sections 1 and 3, but continue​ to be available to provide guidance on Section 2 (Housing)
  • Questions and Answers document about temporary emergency rule (Spanish​)
  • Video (Spanish​)