Statute: ORS chapter 654, the Oregon Safe Employment Act: the employer's duty to furnish a safe and healthful place of employment and to do 'every other thing reasonably necessary' (654.010); prohibition of unsafe or unhealthy places of employment (654.015); duty of every employer, owner, employee and other person to comply with every safety and health order, standard and rule (654.022); the Director's jurisdiction over every place of employment (654.025); civil penalties (654.086); criminal penalties (654.991)

Civil penalties under 654.086(1): in 2020-2021 up to $12,750 for a serious violation and $8,900 to $126,749 for a willful or repeated violation, as Oregon OSHA stated on June 2, 2021 (DUT-OR-014) (the 2025 text reads $1,116-$15,625 and $11,162-$156,259, inflation-adjusted; up to $50,000 or $250,000 where death results; up to $15,625 per day for failure to correct); criminal penalty for a willful violation that causes or materially contributes to an employee's death, a fine of up to $10,000 or six months or both (654.991(1)); citations and orders to correct (654.031, 654.071).

Commanded every Oregon employer to furnish a 'safe and healthful' place of employment, to 'adopt and use such practices, means, methods, operations and processes as are reasonably necessary' to that end and to 'do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, safety and health of such employees' (654.010), forbade any employer or owner to maintain a place of employment 'unsafe or detrimental to health' (654.015), and commanded 'Every employer, owner, employee and other person' to 'obey and comply with every requirement of every order, decision, direction, standard, rule or regulation' of the Department of Consumer and Business Services 'or in any way relating to or affecting safety and health in employments or places of employment' and to 'do everything necessary or proper in order to secure compliance' (654.022); Oregon OSHA invoked these sections in March 2020 as the authority to enforce the Governor's orders at every workplace (DUT-OR-015) and as the basis of OAR 437-001-0744 ('Statutory authority: ORS 654.025(2)'; Ex. OR-032).