Power Master, Inc. v. Blanchard

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order setting aside its denial of, a claim. The issue is whether claimant is a “worker employed in this state” within the meaning of ORS 656.126(1) or is, instead, an out-of-state employee who is not covered by the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Law. The Board concluded that claimant is an Oregon worker. We agree and affirm.

Employer is an Oregon corporation with its headquarters in Portland. It has what it calls “operations offices” in Louisiana, California, Texas, Washington and Utah. It had an operations office in Portland until…