{"id":"DUT-OR-014","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Oregon","state":"OR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services","authority":"ORS 654.010, 654.022, 654.071, 654.086; Executive Orders 20-07, 20-12, 20-25, 20-27, 20-65, 20-66 (Ex. OR-003, OR-007, OR-017, OR-020, OR-033, OR-035); OAR 437-001-0744 (Ex. OR-032, OR-041)","instrument":"Oregon OSHA, List of Oregon OSHA Citations Identified as Related to COVID-19 (June 2, 2021): the agency\u0027s account of its COVID-19 enforcement (complaints, inspections, citations and penalties) with the willful and serious citations listed by county and employer","title":"List of Oregon OSHA Citations Identified as Related to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2021-06-02","effective":"record of enforcement from March 2020 through June 2, 2021","end":"n/a (enforcement record; the underlying orders and rule are dated in their own exhibits)","startDate":"2021-06-02","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","MASK","CLOSE","OTHER"],"addressees":["employers generally; restaurants, gyms and the other named employers cited"],"clause":"Since the beginning of the pandemic, Oregon OSHA has issued at least 159 citations to employers for violating requirements to protect workers from COVID-19. These are the result of roughly 600 formal COVID-19 enforcement actions, of which roughly 500 have been completed to date. They were largely, but not entirely, based on more than 24,500 COVID-19 related complaints received by the agency","enforcement":"As stated: serious violations $100-$4,200 against a $12,750 maximum; willful violations $8,900-$126,749 (ORS 654.086 as then adjusted).","functions":[],"notes":"Records that Oregon OSHA enforced the Governor\u0027s orders and its own rule against employers under the Safe Employment Act: at least 159 citations from roughly 600 formal enforcement actions on more than 24,500 complaints by June 2, 2021, with penalties for non-willful serious violations of $100 to $4,200 (\u0027well under the maximum penalty for a serious violation of $12,750\u0027) and for willful violations of $8,900 to $126,749; the listed willful citations include a North Bend restaurant cited in June 2020 ($8,900) because it \u0027willfully failed to follow prohibition of on-premises consumption of food or drink\u0027 (a violation of the Governor\u0027s order, cited five months before any COVID-19 rule existed) and a Bend restaurant cited in April 2021 for the same conduct and for failing to implement a safety committee.","sourceUrl":"https://osha.oregon.gov/Documents/Covid19-related-citations-OregonOSHA.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210917064507/https://osha.oregon.gov/Documents/Covid19-related-citations-OregonOSHA.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":393522,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-OR","url":"/library/DUT-OR-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-OR-014","citation":"Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services, Oregon OSHA, List of Oregon OSHA Citations Identified as Related to COVID-19 (June 2, 2021): the agency\u0027s account of its COVID-19 enforcement (complaints, inspections, citations and penalties) with the willful and serious citations listed by county and employer (Ex. DUT-OR-014)","stateName":"Oregon","related":["DUT-OR-005","DUT-OR-011","DUT-OR-012","DUT-OR-013"]}