The Workers’ Compensation Division received notification of 18,631 accepted disabling claims in 2012, a decline of 60 claims from 2011. Employment increased by 21,000 workers, resulting in a 2012 claims rate of 1.1 claims per 100 workers.
In 2012, there were 77 years separating the oldest and youngest workers. The youngest was a 14-year-old farm worker. The oldest was a 91-year-old food service worker.
Injury/Disease Facts, Oregon, 2012
- Occupational diseases comprised 8.9 percent of the accepted disabling claims.
- Workers in their first year with an employer filed 4,987 claims, 26.8 percent of the total accepted in 2012.
- Of the total 18,631 accepted disabling claims, 51 were for workers under 18 and 528 were for workers 65 or older. The average age of claimants in 2012 was 42.
- Most of the claims were for male workers, accounting for 11,870
(63.7 percent) of the total.
- The average weekly wage at time of injury for all claimants was $662.67. The average weekly wage for all Oregon workers, excluding federal employees, was $862.27.
- Private industry accounted for 16,078 of the accepted disabling claims, approximately 86 percent.
- Transportation and material movers are the most common injured worker occupations, comprising more than 16 percent of all accepted disabling claims in 2012.
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This document was originally published in October 2013.
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