Experience Brings Winning Results
The Port of Tacoma in Oregon has seen what may appear to be an inordinate amount of worker deaths over the past few weeks. Not just one but two longshore workers have died in two separate accidents since March 12. Both men were evidently employed by the same company,...
The Hutterites are a religious organization that has colonies spread across our country and the world. There are colonies located in Oregon and other northwestern states. Recently, the highest court in another state ruled that the organization was required to pay for...
Workers' compensation is intended to help Oregon workers who have been injured or even killed on the job and their families. Now, reports indicate that increasing medical costs for those workers may be one of the reasons that the cost of workers' compensation...
In the wake of three separate incidents this summer involving overexposure of employees to carbon monoxide in the Portland area alone, Oregon OSHA has issued an advisory to employers. The concern was voiced for employees operating gas powered equipment in the...
The Oregon Court of Appeals recently upheld the workers' compensation claim of a Eugene police officer. The court found that the officer was entitled to payment from her workers' compensation claim because she was in her work environment at the time she was hit by a...
