The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division received notification of 35 compensable fatalities in 2007, the third-lowest number reported since the state began tracking the statistic in 1943.
	Compensable Fatality Facts, Oregon, 2007 The average age of fatally injured workers in 2007 was 35, which is 10 years less than the average of 45 in 2006. The oldest worker was a 72-year-old logger who was run over by a logging truck. The youngest worker was a 16-year-old farm worker who was driving a wheat truck that crashed into an embankment. Three of the fatally injured workers in 2007 were female. Falls accounted for nearly 29 percent of compensable fatalities in 2007, this is a 150 percent increase over the four workers killed in 2006. There were no compensable fatalities due to occupational illness for 2007. Workplace deaths in the construction industry topped the list in 2007 with 12 incidents. This is more than double the five deaths in 2006 and is the highest number of construction deaths since the 14 counted in 1995.

Fatality/claims data
Visit the DCBS Web site at http://dcbs.oregon.gov. Select the “Statistical Reports” link for additional workers’ compensation claims data and other statistical reports, or call the Information Management Division at 503-378-8254.

Census of fatal occupational injuries
National work-related fatality data can be found on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Web site at: http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm

Fatality assessment and control evaluation
Information about Oregon Health Sciences University's Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (FACE) can be found at: http://www.ohsu.edu/croet/face/

Employer workers' compensation coverage
For additional information about employer coverage requirements, you may contact the Workers' Compensation Division Employer Compliance Program at wcd.employerinfo@state.or.us, call 888-877-5670, or find it on the Internet at: http://www.cbs.state.or.us/external/wcd/index.html

Classification systems
Data are classified according to the following classification systems:

• Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS)
• Standard Occupation Classification System (SOC)
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
  

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This document was originally published in June 2008
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