Oregon & The Workplace

In the latest episode of the What's Work Got To Do With It podcast, we learn about the impacts of shift schedules on firefighter safety.

Oregon OSHA begins working with partners to distribute hundreds of thousands of particulate respirators to employers.

Oregon OSHA adopted two new emergency rules to protect workers from wildland smoke.

The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center has published a new Medium.com article titled, Learning from different industries to improve safety.

During July we will be working to extract some of the key takeaways, common themes, and observations that were shared by our colleagues.

Oregon OSHA releases a temporary heat rule for workers.

The Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance has been busy providing virtual Total Worker Health courses to people in OHSA Region 10.

OccHealthSci and partners at UW have completed studies on team truck drivers’ sleep, health, and well-being.

At OccHealthSci we welcome partners and projects to work collaboratively to address risks and needs faced by all workers.

In our latest podcast, we bring our focus to the impacts of COVID-19 and wildfire smoke on wildland firefighters.

On our newest podcast episode we highlight the impacts of COVID-19 on the Latinx farm working community in Oregon.

Throughout our COVID Conversation Series, we have shared of lessons learned and tips within our safety, health and being of workers.

We need to continually study the burden of injury to young workers across demographics, job types and industry to improve injury prevention.

We are pleased with the success of our COVID Conversation series, held twice monthly and continuing through June 2021.

How will those who depended on cannabis while experiencing joblessness or working remotely transition effectively back to the office?

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

Researchers identified a higher fatality risk among transportation workers over age 65 when compared to their younger counterparts.

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.

OR-FACE published five new Fatality Investigation Reports in 2020.