Oregon OSHA runs Oregon's State Plan. Its rules ask most employers for a safety committee or regular safety meetings with trained members and kept minutes, and for annual training on heat illness and wildfire smoke, with a record of the most recent session for each employee. Here is what the official rule texts say.
Who Oregon OSHA covers
According to OSHA's State Plan page, Oregon's plan covers private-sector workplaces and state and local government employers, with exceptions such as shipyards, tribal reservations and military bases; federal employers stay with federal OSHA.
Safety committees and safety meetings
OAR 437-001-0765 applies to public and private employers (agriculture and forest activities have their own divisions):
- with more than 10 employees at a location, a safety committee: at least 2 members up to 20 employees, 4 above, with members trained in hazard identification and in accident and incident investigation;
- committee meetings quarterly where the work is mostly office work, monthly otherwise; written records of each meeting kept for three years;
- where meetings replace the committee: in construction, at least monthly and before each job lasting more than a week; in offices, at least quarterly; elsewhere, at least monthly.
See our safety committee meeting guide for an agenda.
Heat illness and wildfire smoke: annual training and records
- Heat (OAR 437-002-0156, indoors and outdoors; OAR 437-004-1131 in agriculture): applies when the heat index reaches 80°F, with high-heat practices from 90°F and a written plan. Training is given annually before employees begin work where heat is a hazard, and the most recent annual training record for each affected employee must be kept.
- Wildfire smoke (OAR 437-002-1081): where employees may be exposed at or above 35.5 µg/m³ (AQI 101), training annually before exposure, with the most recent record for each employee kept for one year.
Where a quiz fits
A rule that asks for the most recent annual training record per employee is easy to meet with a named quiz at the end of the session. Federal standards adopted by Oregon still ask for their own training, for example on hazard communication (29 CFR 1910.1200(h)).
A short quiz on heat or smoke, played live from phones at the end of a session, shows what people actually understood, not only who signed the sheet. When you need evidence, run the same quiz in Test mode (Trainer plan): each worker answers under their own name, you set the pass mark, and you download a PDF learning assessment record with the date, the topic, the trainer, each person's answers and result, and a signature column. It sits next to the training records the state asks for; it does not replace the training, and Quizhat never certifies anyone. Quizhat is an independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by OSHA.
State rules change: read the current text on the state's site, or ask the state agency, before you rely on this summary. Oregon OSHA offers free consultation and training resources.