Accident Prevention Division v. Van Eyk

This case arose under the Oregon Safe Employment Act (ORS 654.001 to 654.295 and 654.991). On June 2, 1976, a Safety Compliance Officer inspected petitioner’s premises and issued a citation pursuant to ORS 654.071 for eight violations. Petitioner excepted to the citation, and a hearing was held before a referee pursuant to ORS 654.078. The parties stipulated to the facts giving rise to the cited violations and to the dollar amounts of the proposed penalties should the alleged violations be sustained. The referee upehld the citation, except for one alleged violation, which he held not to be a…