News releases by Oregon OSHA

2021 News releases

12/22/2021Oregon OSHA offers free Spanish online training for prevention of bloodborne pathogens in the workplace
12/22/2021Oregon OSHA ofrece capacitación gratuita en línea y en español para la prevención de patógenos transmitidos por la sangre en el lugar de trabajo
11/15/2021Contest promoting young worker safety in Oregon opens to high school students
11/03/2021Oregon OSHA fines Canby contractor for fall protection, ladder safety violations
11/01/2021Oregon OSHA fines Wilsonville company following investigation into death of worker in Klamath Falls
10/05/2021Oregon OSHA administrator to leave post for position with State of Washington
09/01/2021Oregon OSHA lanza una capacitación gratuita en español en línea para prevenir las caídas en las obras en construcción
08/26/2021Oregon OSHA launches free Spanish online training for fall protection in construction
08/13/2021Oregon OSHA coordinating distribution of particulate respirators in light of wildfire smoke and emergency requirements
08/12/2021Oregon OSHA lanza una capacitación gratuita en línea para ayudar a cumplir con la regla de emergencia contra el humo de incendios forestales
08/10/2021Oregon OSHA launches free online training to help comply with emergency wildfire smoke rule
08/05/2021Oregon OSHA fines Dundee winery for confined space rules violations
08/04/2021Oregon OSHA adopta 2 reglas de emergencia que protegen a los trabajadores contra el humo de los incendios forestales y a los ocupantes de viviendas provistas por los empleadores contra los peligros del calor
08/03/2021Scholarship awards boost student achievement
08/02/2021Oregon OSHA adopting 2 emergency rules protecting workers against wildfire smoke and occupants of employer-provided housing against heat dangers
07/28/2021Oregon OSHA urges employers to meet new obligations to protect workers from heat illness as temperatures rise
07/28/2021Oregon OSHA insta a los empleadores a cumplir con las nuevas obligaciones para proteger a los trabajadores de las enfermedades causadas por el calor a medida que aumentan las temperaturas
07/23/2021Workplace safety, health training grants available
07/16/2021Oregon OSHA ofrece recursos educativos, impulsa actividades de aplicación de la ley para abordar los peligros del estrés por calor
07/14/2021Oregon OSHA offers educational resources, boosts enforcement activity to address dangers of heat stress
07/09/2021Oregon OSHA adopta una regla de emergencia que reafirma las protecciones para los trabajadores contra los peligros de temperaturas extremas y altas
07/08/2021Oregon OSHA adopts emergency rule bolstering protections for workers against the hazards of high and extreme heat
06/30/2021Effective immediately, Oregon OSHA formally lifts face covering, distancing parts of COVID-19 rules
06/24/2021Prevent heat illness for workers in hot weather
06/24/2021Prevenga que sus trabajadores sufran enfermedades causadas por el calor
06/07/2021Oregon OSHA will repeal parts of COVID-19 workplace rule in line with governor’s announced vaccination target
06/07/2021Oregon OSHA cites 4 employers in May for COVID-19 violations, including willful failures to protect workers
05/13/2021Four Oregon high schools win prizes in media contest to promote young worker safety
05/04/2021Oregon OSHA adopts rule extending COVID-19 workplace protections
04/23/2021Klamath Falls restaurant fined $27,660 for COVID-19 violations, including willfully exposing workers
04/19/2021Oregon OSHA fines Lowe’s stores in Redmond and Albany more than $35,000 for COVID-19 violations, including willful infractions
04/12/2021Black Bear Diner sites in Deschutes County fined more than $35,000 for willfully violating COVID-19 rules
04/12/2021Springfield restaurant fined $18,430 for COVID-19 violations, including willfully exposing workers
04/08/2021Portland company fined $104,000 for multiple fall protection safety violations
04/06/2021Grants Pass restaurant fined $17,900 for COVID-19 violations, including willfully exposing workers
04/02/2021Medford coffee shop faulted, fined $9,250 for COVID-19 violations, including willfully exposing workers
03/30/2021Bend coffee shop fined $27,470 for COVID-19 violations, including willfully exposing workers
03/04/2021Oregon employers, workers invited to take a ‘Safety Break’ May 12
03/02/2021Oregon OSHA proposes requirements to address COVID-19 risks in employer-provided housing
02/24/2021Florence restaurant fined $18,150 for COVID-19 violations, including willfully exposing workers
02/23/2021Oregon OSHA faults, fines restaurant in Florence for willfully exposing workers to COVID-19
02/03/2021Springfield restaurant fined more than $9,000 for COVID-19 violations, including willfully exposing workers
02/01/2021Oregon OSHA proposes permanent rule addressing COVID-19 in all workplaces
01/28/2021Portland area contractor faulted, fined for knowingly exposing workers to potentially fatal fall hazards
01/13/2021Oregon OSHA offers Spanish-language online training for roofing safety
01/13/2021Oregon OSHA ofrece capacitación en línea en español acerca de seguridad en el techado
01/12/2021Salem fitness center fined $126,749 for continued, willful COVID-19 workplace violation

Media contact: Aaron Corvin, Public Information Officer

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