The Workers’ Compensation Division received notification of 18,634 accepted disabling claims in 2013. Employment increased by 37,000 workers, resulting in a 2013 claims rate of 1.1 claims per 100 workers.
In 2013, there were 72 years separating the oldest and youngest workers. The youngest was a 14-year-old recreation worker who twisted her ankle while walking down a hill. The oldest was an 86-year-old food preparation worker who suffered bruises when she fell against a kitchen sink.
Injury/Disease Facts, Oregon, 2013
- Occupational diseases comprised 6.3 percent of the accepted disabling claims.
- Workers in their first year with an employer filed 5,010 claims, 26.9 percent of the total accepted in 2013.
- Of the total 18,634 accepted disabling claims, 68 were for workers younger than 18 and 537 were for workers 65 or older. The average age of claimants in 2013 was 42.
- Of the total 18,634 accepted disabling claims, most occurred in Multnomah County (22.3 percent). There were 341 claims that occurred out of state.
- Most of the claims were for male workers, accounting for 11,873
(63.7 percent) of the total.
- The average weekly wage at time of injury for all claimants was $678.66. The average weekly wage for all Oregon workers, excluding federal employees, was $888.38.
- Private industry accounted for 16,168 of the accepted disabling claims, approximately 87 percent.
- Transportation and material movers are the most commonly injured worker occupation, comprising more than 17 percent of all accepted disabling claims in 2013.
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This document was originally published in December 2014.
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