Oregon & The Workplace

The Oregon Young Employee Safety Coalition (O[yes]) recently posted a blog on Young Workers and COVID-19.

Caregivers in long-term care centers and in private homes are at risk of COVID-19 exposure and infection.

On behalf of the Oregon COVID-19 Construction Taskforce, we invite all Oregon construction and trades workers to participate in a survey.

Gian Lozano is the High Reliability Administrative Director at the Portland VA and has a passion for developing behavioral solutions.

What things can we do to reduce our health impact during wildfire smoke events?

Institute faculty members shared their expertise during the afternoon panel session of our Spring 2020 symposium.

The article, What to Do If You’ve Lost Your Job Because of COVID-19 offers suggestions in the immediacy of being furloughed or losing work.

Dr. Emily Huang recognized in an upcoming systematic network analysis of the first 4 decades of safety climate research globally.

Learn strategies to improve the narrative in the workplace that can help create efficient, sustainable and healthy systems.

On August 9, 2019, Oregon became the eighth state in the country to pass a paid family leave bill.

Have you ever thought about how safe, prepared or how your organization would respond to workplace violence?

The Be Super toolkit is an evidence-based program designed to help organizations in construction improve safety, health and well-being.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has announced the release of its edited volume on Total Worker Health.

The Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) is designed to recognize and promote effective safety and health management.

oin in the National Safety Stand-Down to prevent falls in construction during the week of May 6-10, 2019.

ORFACE program publishes a new fatality investigation report that examines lessons learned from a hot work explosion.

What happens if an earthquake hits in the middle of your workday?

Excavating is one of the most hazardous construction operations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports excavation and trench-related...

OR-FACE  participated in multiple events during last week’s 5th annual National Safety Stand-down. #StandDown4Safety is part of OSHA’s...

Falls continue to be the leading cause of death in the construction industry. These deaths are preventable. A newly published fatality...