Blevins v. Mitchell

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that denied him benefits for injuries that he sustained while working on a house that he had been employed to remodel. Claimant asserts that the board erred as a matter of law in holding that he was exempt from workers’ compensation coverage under ORS chapter 656. We review the board’s order for errors of law, ORS 183.482(8)(a), and affirm.

Under ORS 656.027, all workers are subject to the workers’ compensation laws in ORS chapter 656, unless excluded as a nonsubject worker. A nonsubject worker is defined to include a

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