PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Following the deadly, record-shattering heat wave at the end of June, Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration established new rules for employers and employees.

Oregon’s workplace safety agency Oregon OSHA has adopted new rules to protect agricultural and other outdoor workers from excessive heat and wildfire smoke. The agency's heat rule requires employers ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division announced Tuesday the adoption of rules to protect workers from the hazards of high heat and wildfire smoke. The heat rule ...

Enterprise Fire Chief Paul Karvoski uses the words “totally insane” to describe proposed federal regulations for fire departments, search and rescue units and other emergency responders. Wes Morgan’s ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon OSHA is drafting rules to help keep workers safe during wildfire season. The rules stem from an executive order signed by Gov. Kate Brown in March 2020. The executive order ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon OSHA said Tuesday it is proposing rules to strengthen protections for Oregon workers against health and safety hazards linked to the impacts of climate change: extreme heat ...

Last year, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued temporary rules aimed to protect people who work outdoors from extreme heat and smoke. This spring, the agency made those ...

Oregon’s workplace safety agency said this week it is relaxing standards for COVID-19 safety precautions, adjusting rules to conform with new state health guidance. That means the end to formal mask ...

Farmworkers preparing the blueberries they picked in a farm in Albany to get them weighed and ready to ship to a pack house on June 28, 2021. We hear from Oregon OSHA Administrator Michael Wood and ...

Oregon’s workplace safety agency says it will aggressively enforce new emergency requirements aimed at protecting workers from extreme heat as the state once again prepares for hot weather.