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Oregon

Region
Oregon
Required to Report
Yes
What to Report
Any Pesticide-Related Exposure
State Office
Department of Human Services, Pesticide Exposure Safety and Tracking Program
Phone 1
971-673-0977
Timeframe to Report Injury or Exposure
24 Hours
Reporting Notes

You may fax applicable medical records to the Pesticide Exposure Safety and Tracking Program at 971-673-0979. Please visit the Oregon PEST Information for Health Providers website for more information.

Mandated to report
PhysiciansHospitalsLaboratoriesOther health professionals
SENSOR partnership with NIOSH

Pesticide Exposure, Safety, and Tracking Program -PEST (technical support from NIOSH): http://public.health.oregon.gov/PHD/Directory/Pages/program.aspx?pid=75 

WPS Enforcement
Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency

Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration: http://www.cbs.state.or.us/external/osha/subjects/pesticides.html

Coverage for Farmworkers
Required
Limitations
farmworkers are not separately mentioned
Statute
Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 656.027 (2012)
Coverage for Undocumented Workers
Yes
Case Law
Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 656.325(5)(c) (2009) ("If the worker is a person present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws, the insurer or self-insured employer shall cease payments pursuant to ORS 656.210 [temporary total disability] and commence payments pursuant to ORS 656.212 [temporary partial disability] when the attending physician or nurse practitioner authorized to provide compensable medical services under ORS 656.245 approves employment in a modified job whether or not such a job is available.")
Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers
Once an undocumented worker is approved to return to a modified job, the employer may stop paying temporary total disability and begin paying temporary partial disability whether or not a job is available to the worker. Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 656.325(5)(c) (2009). Total partial disability paymens are calculated to reflect a reduction for the income that the worker would have received but for their undocumented status. Hernandez v. SAIF Corp., 35 P.3d 1099, 1101 (Or. App. Ct. 2001). In Hernandez, the employer offered a position with the same hours and same wages, so the temporary partial disability payments were zero. Id., 35 P.3d at 1100. While employers must "offer" work, id., 35 P.3d at 1102, the statute does not require that the job actually be available. This means that employers can avoid paying temporary partial disability to undocumented workers simply by "offering" a comparable unavailable job that fits within the worker's medical restrictions. There is no indication in statute or case law of whether permanent benefits are available to undocumented workers.
Additional Information
Hernandez v. SAIF Corp., 35 P.3d 1099 (Or. App. Ct. 2001) (finding that legislature intended employers of undocumented workers to be able to get the benefit that is available to employers of workers who are able to perform modified work, thus, undocumented workers who are physically able to perform modified work for an employer are to receive temporary partial disability payments that reflect a reduction for the income that the workers would have received but for their undocumented status). Alanis v. Barrett Bus. Servs., 39 P.3d 880 (Or. App. Ct. 2002) (holding that undocumented worker was not entitled to temporary total disability payments after he was authorized to return to work, although he was eligible for temporary partial disability payments).