Oregon § 654.330 Fellow servant negligence as defense

Oregon Statutes

§ 654.330 — Fellow servant negligence as defense

Oregon § 654.330

Vol.16

Title 51Labor and Employment; Unlawful Discrimination

Ch. 654Occupational Safety and Health

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Or. Rev. Stat. § 654.330 (2026).

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In all actions brought to recover from an employer for injuries suffered by an employee, the negligence of a fellow servant shall not be a defense where the injury was caused or contributed to by any of the following causes:

(1)Any defect in the structure, materials, works, plant or machinery of which the employer or the agent of the employer could have had knowledge by the exercise of ordinary care.

(2)The neglect of any person engaged as superintendent, manager, foreman or other person in charge or control of the works, plant, machinery or appliances.

(3)The incompetence or negligence of any person in charge of, or directing the particular work in which the employee was engaged at the time of the injury or death.

(4)The incompetence or negligence of any person to whose orders the emp

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In all actions brought to recover from an employer for injuries suffered by an employee, the negligence of a fellow servant shall not be a defense where the injury was caused or contributed to by any of the following causes:
(1) Any defect in the structure, materials, works, plant or machinery of which the employer or the agent of the employer could have had knowledge by the exercise of ordinary care.
(2) The neglect of any person engaged as superintendent, manager, foreman or other person in charge or control of the works, plant, machinery or appliances.
(3) The incompetence or negligence of any person in charge of, or directing the particular work in which the employee was engaged at the time of the injury or death.
(4) The incompetence or negligence of any person to whose orders the employee was bound to conform and did conform and by reason of having conformed thereto the injury or death resulted.
(5) The act of any fellow servant done in obedience to the rules, instructions or orders given by the employer or any other person who has authority to direct the doing of said act.