WCB Case No. The proceedings were recorded by Marlene Cromwell of Business Support Services. This is a contested case under the Oregon Safe Employment Act, ORS 654.001 to 654.295 and 654.991.
Defendant contests both the alleged violation and the reasonableness of the proposed penalty.
It then charges the lessor employer a rate which includes wages and all associated costs, plus a profit margin. Rowley viewed at least two films stressing the importance of safety in the workplace. Rowley was assigned to work on the swing shift sanitation crew under the immediate supervision of Dennis Dickinson, the sanitation supervisor. With safety in mind, Dickinson had changed the procedure for cleaning the meat mixer shortly after he returned to the company following a brief hiatus. In addition, to assure safety, he trained workers to work in particular areas and did not rotate them to other assignments.