Oregon Employers, Workers Invited to Take a ‘Safety Break’
The annual event provides an opportunity for businesses and employees to recognize safety achievements, assess workplace hazards, and discuss strategies to protect workers from harm.
- By Stasia DeMarco
- Feb 19, 2025
Employers and workers across the state are invited to take part in Safety Break for Oregon, coordinated by Oregon Occupational Safety and Health (Oregon OSHA), a division of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. The annual event on May 14, 2025—now in its 22nd year—offers an opportunity to employers, supervisors, and workers in a variety of industries across Oregon to celebrate their safety and health achievements, and to examine and discuss their efforts to protect people from harm while on the job.
Will you take the Wednesday, May 14, stand-down as a time to refresh your knowledge and training? Will you conduct an assessment of where safety and health could be improved at your workplace? Or will you celebrate your successes, including showing appreciation for safety committee members and emerging safety leaders?
“We encourage employers across all types of industries to pause their operations and put a spotlight on the critical importance of building a culture of safety and health in the workplace,” said Renée Stapleton, administrator for Oregon OSHA. “Safety Break for Oregon is an event that brings employers and employees together to engage in open conversations about safety and health, and to identify proven methods for protecting workers from injury and illness.”
The Oregon SHARP Alliance sponsors the contest. The nonprofit group promotes safety and health management by encouraging teamwork and cooperation among people, employers, and organizations to improve workplace health and safety for Oregon workers.
Get Safety Break ideas, by visiting the Safety Break for Oregon website.
About the Author
Stasia DeMarco brings a strong and varied journalism background to her role at Occupational Health & Safety, having previously served as a multimedia editor, broadcast journalist, professor and reviewer across major news organizations. As Content Editor, she writes news and feature articles, hosts sponsor and editorial webinars, co-hosts the SafetyPod worker health and safety podcast, and manages the brand’s digital and social media presence. She is committed to informing and engaging the safety community through compelling reporting and conversations that support safer, healthier workplaces.