The Workers’ Compensation Division received notification of 19,742 accepted disabling claims in 2014. Employment increased by 46,200 workers, resulting in a 2014 claims rate of 1.1 claims per 100 workers.

In 2014, there were 77 years separating the oldest and youngest workers. The youngest was a 15-year-old grounds worker who sprained her back while lifting a log. The oldest was a 92-year-old librarian who fractured her pelvis when she fell to the floor.

• Occupational diseases comprised 5.5 percent of the accepted disabling claims.
  
• Workers in their first year with an employer filed 5,737 claims, 29.1 percent of the total accepted disabling claims in 2014.
  
• Of the total 19,742 accepted disabling claims, 63 were for workers younger than 18 and 603 were for workers 65 or older. The average age of claimants in 2014 was 42.
• Of the total 19,742 accepted disabling claims, most occurred in Multnomah County (24.0 percent). There were 318 claims that occurred out of state.
  
• Most of the claims were for male workers, accounting for 12,647 (64.1 percent) of the total.
  
• The average weekly wage at time of injury for all claimants was $693.10. The average weekly wage for all Oregon workers, excluding federal employees, was $922.39.
  
• Private industry accounted for 17,240 of the accepted disabling claims, approximately 87 percent.
  
• Transportation and material movers are the most commonly injured worker occupation, comprising more than 18 percent of all accepted disabling claims in 2014.

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This document was originally published in September 2015.
[Printed form: 440-2055 (9/15/COM)]