The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Oregon
- Level
- State
- Authority
- ORS 654.025(2), 654.035, 656.726(4); ORS 183.335(5) (temporary rule)
- Issued
- 2020-04-28 Apr. 28, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-11 (housing provisions phased; enforcement from June 1, 2020 per bundle) (read as 2020-05-11)
- End
- 2020-10-24 ('will remain effect until repealed, but not later than October 24, 2020') (read as 2020-10-24)
- In force
- May 11, 2020 to Oct. 24, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- labor-intensive agricultural operations; temporary worker housing and labor camps; employer-provided agricultural transportation
- Functions reached
- FP hand-labor operations
- LB housing and transport
- WF
- HR
- Collection
- Agriculture and Food Processing SEC-20
Operative words
(5) Social distancing officer. Affected agricultural employers must identify one or more individuals who will be responsible for identifying appropriate social distancing and sanitation measures and ensuring that such measures are implemented. (6) General social distancing requirement. Affected agricultural employers must plan and implement work activities so that workers will not need to be within 6 feet of each other as they perform their duties, during breaks, or during meal periods.
Enforcement
Oregon Safe Employment Act citations and penalties (ORS 654.086)
Notes
Excludes 'hand-labor operations in permanent structures (e.g., canning facilities or packing houses),' which Oregon later reached through OAR 437-001-0744 (Nov. 16, 2020).
Retrieval noteThe bundle cited OAR 437-004-1120; the rule's own number is 437-001-0749 (correction).