Kercher v. Employment Department

Claimant seeks judicial review of a final order by the Employment Appeals Board denying him unemployment benefits on the ground that he voluntarily left his job without good cause. ORS 657.176(2)(c). We conclude that the board’s decision is supported by substantial evidence and substantial reason and, accordingly, affirm.

We take the facts from the board’s findings. Claimant was employed by ABC Glass (employer) as a machine operator. He considered his workplace to be unsafe due to a rutted roadway that made it hazardous to transport containers of glass by forklift; water and acid that had…