Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 437 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SERVICES, OREGON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH DIVISION
Division 1 - RULES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE OREGON SAFE EMPLOYMENT ACT
Section 437-001-1010 - Purpose and Scope
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 437-001-1010
Current through Register Vol. 64, No. 3, March 1, 2025
(1) Nothing in these rules is intended to impose a duty upon the insurer or to transfer from the employer to the insurer responsibility set forth in ORS 654.001 to 654.991, or to impose liability other than these rules upon the insurer for failure to identify any unsafe conditions or occupational health and safety hazard.
(2) The purpose of these rules is to promote workplace health and safety by:
(a)
Establishing insurer and self-insured employer loss prevention services
designed to advise employers on regulations, laws, means and methods for
improving health and safety at their places of employment; and
(b) Providing for the evaluation of insurers'
and self-insured employers' loss prevention activities by Oregon OSHA to ensure
compliance with the law and these rules.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 654.025(2) & 656.726(4)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 654.001 - 654.295
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