As new Oregon workplace smoke regulations take effect this week, a federal lawsuit filed in Medford, Ore. challenges the state’s workplace heat policy.
The regulation comes after a series of injuries, illnesses, and even the death of an Oregon farmer facing heat and wildfire smoke in the summers, heat, and smoke. The rules require employers to provide respirator masks in smoky conditions and water and shade breaks in heat.
WA workers receive extra breaks to keep cool in the extreme heat
Oregon’s new wildfire smoke policy makes employers responsible for protecting workers from smoke, notably “fine particulate matter” from wildfire smoke.
Oregon Manufacturers and Commerce (OMC), Associated Oregon Loggers
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