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The Workers’ Compensation Division received notification of 29 compensable fatalities in 2016, two more than in 2015, and slightly lower than the 10-year average of 30.4 fatalities.	Note: Employment figures are based on data from the Oregon Employment Department. Fatality rates are the number of accepted fatal claims per 100,000 workers. The 2016 employment and fatality rate estimates are preliminary. Data exclude deaths of workers not subject to Oregon workers’ compensation coverage, such as workers who were self-employed, who worked for out-of-state employers, City of Portland police and fire employees, and federal employees.
Compensable Fatality Facts, Oregon, 2016 The average age of workers for fatal claims accepted during 2016 was 46. The oldest worker was a 76-year-old farm worker who fell off of and was struck by the tractor he was operating. The youngest workers were two 25-year-olds who died in separate motor vehicle accidents. A press operator was driving a sport utility vehicle that was struck by an oncoming vehicle, and then struck from behind by a loaded log truck. The second worker drove a pickup truck off the road into a ravine. The worker was thrown from the vehicle into a river. Female workers accounted for 10.3 percent (three cases) of 2016 accepted fatalities, up from 7.4 percent (two cases) in 2015. During the five-year period of 2012-2016, 10.2 percent of accepted fatalities were females, up slightly from 8.9 percent in the previous five-year period (2007-2011). Two of the 29 accepted fatalities in 2016 were to workers employed in the public sector. This is lower than the five-year average of 2.8. Multnomah County with five fatalities, and Lane and Umatilla counties with four each, had the most accepted fatalities in Oregon during 2016. Two fatalities, both in California, occurred outside of Oregon.	At least one worker killed in roadway accidents was not wearing a seatbelt (six were unknown). Trucks were the source for five of the 13 vehicles involved in fatal accidents, four of which involved semi-trucks. Note: Tenure is the amount of time the worker worked for the employer at injury and is not necessarily indicative of the worker’s level of experience.

Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA)
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) offers a wide range of services to Oregon's employers and workers to improve workplace safety and health. These services include:

• Consultations
• Education/conferences
• Technical resources and film library
• Educational grants
• Hazard abatement assistance

For more information, contact Oregon OSHA, 350 Winter St NE, 3rd Floor, PO Box 14480, Salem, OR 97309-0405
503-378-3272 or 800-922-2689
osha.oregon.gov

Fatality/claims data
Visit http://www.oregon.gov/DCBS/reports/Pages/index.aspx for more workers’ compensation claims data and other statistical reports, or call the Information Technology and Research Section at 503-378-8254.

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
National work-related fatality data can be found on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' website at http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation
Information about Oregon Health and Science University's Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (FACE) can be found at http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/centers-institutes/oregon-institute-occupational-health-sciences/oregon-fatality-assessment-control-evaluation-face/about/index.cfm.

Employer workers' compensation coverage
For more information about employer coverage requirements, contact the Workers’ Compensation Division Employer Compliance Program at wcd.employerinfo@oregon.gov, call 888-877-5670 (toll-free), or find it online at wcd.oregon.gov

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)