No employer or owner shall construct or cause to be constructed or maintained any place of employment that is unsafe or detrimental to health.
ORS 654.015
Known as the Oregon Safe Employment Act
The act spans §§ 654–654 (138 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 131 Or. App. 726 - Anderson v. Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. (1994)
Most recently applied in OR-OSHA v. Laborworks Ind. / Tradesman Int. (October 2025)
Amended by 1973 c.833 §6
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.