Dept. of Consumer & Business Services

Asbestos abatement

Portland families frustrated by end-of-school year asbestos removal at local synagogue (Oregonian, 5/31/23)

Thumbnail of cover from the document Asbestos : removal, repair, and maintenance: what you need to know
Asbestos : removal, repair, and maintenance: what you need to know (serial) Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division

Thumbnail of page from the document Asbestos exposure: what building owners need to know
Asbestos exposure: what building owners need to know (2021) Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division

Farmworker housing safety

Farmworker advocates question poor on-farm housing (Statesman Journal, 5/4/23)

Thumbnail of page from the document Oregon OSHA requirements for agricultural labor housing (ALH).
Oregon OSHA requirements for agricultural labor housing (2022) Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services

Thumbnail of page from the document Key requirements : Oregon OSHA's rule addressing high ambient temperatures in labor housing
Key requirements : Oregon OSHA’s rule addressing high ambient temperatures in labor housing (2022) Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services

Insurers and the Reproductive Health Equity Act

12 Oregon insurers fail to pay full cost of eligible reproductive services, audits find (Capital Chronicle, 2/1/23)

Oregon health plans are not complying with reproductive care law, regulators say (Portland Business Journal, 2/2/23)

Thumbnail of cover from the document Preliminary marketwide compliance report on implementation of the Reproductive Health Equity Act.Preliminary marketwide compliance report on implementation of the Reproductive Health Equity Act (2022) Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services

Thumbnail of cover from the document Market conduct examination Reproductive Health Equity Act of Moda Health Plan, Inc. as of December 31, 2020Market conduct examination Reproductive Health Equity Act of Moda Health Plan, Inc. as of December 31, 2020 (2023) Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services

Thumbnail of cover from the document Market conduct examination Reproductive Health Equity Act of Providence Health Plan as of December 31, 2020.Market conduct examination Reproductive Health Equity Act of Providence Health Plan as of December 31, 2020 (2023) Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services

Thumbnail of cover from the document Market conduct examination Reproductive Health Equity Act of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest as of December 31, 2020.Market conduct examination Reproductive Health Equity Act of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest as of December 31, 2020 (2023) Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services

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Fall protection penalties

Oregon OSHA issues more than $144,000 in fall-protection penalties (Business Insurance, 9/23/22)

OSHA fines 2 contractors $144,000 for repeat fall violations (Salem Reporter, 9/23/22)

Thumbnail of cover from the document Oregon OSHA's fall protection for construction activitiesOregon OSHA’s fall protection for construction activities (2020) Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division

Heat-related complaints from workers

OSHA: Hundreds of workers filed heat-related complains over summer (KGW, 9/10/22)

Thumbnail of page from the document Key requirements : Oregon OSHA's permanent rules for heat illness preventionKey requirements : Oregon OSHA’s permanent rules for heat illness prevention (2022) Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division

Thumbnail of document Rest break schedule options for heat illness preventionRest break schedule options for heat illness prevention (2022) Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division

Safety in hot weather

Governor declares extreme heat state of emergency in most of Oregon (Oregonian, 7/26/2022)

Oregon Gov. Brown declares emergency as heatwave continues (Capital Chronicle, 7/27/2022)

Heat and health: Here’s what to watch for when temperatures climb (OPB, 7/26/2022)

Thumbnail of page from the document Heat exhaustionHeat exhaustion = Agotamiento por el calor (2022) Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division

Thumbnail of the document Beat the heatBeat the heat (2020) Oregon Health Authority

Reproductive health care audit

Health insurers not following Oregon law requiring free reproductive health care, state audit says (Oregon Capital Chronicle, 6/23/2022)

Thumbnail of cover from the document Preliminary marketwide compliance report on implementation of the Reproductive Health Equity Act.Preliminary marketwide compliance report on implementation of the Reproductive Health Equity Act (2022) Department of Consumer and Business Services, Division of Financial Regulation