Total fatalities, 1995–99:
383
Average fatalities per year:
77
Five-year average fatality rate:
4.7
Oregon
W O R K - R E L A T E D
F A T A L I T Y
N U M B E R S
Number of fatalities
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
10
90
75
A N D
73
85
84
9
72
8
69
7
60
6
45
5
4.6
5.3
5.2
4.3
4.2
1998
1999
4
30
3
2
15
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
53
Male
Female
1996
1997
State average:
GENDER
330
1995
77
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
AGE
358
25
Under 20
RACE
7
316
107
Black/African American
35 to 54
191
Hispanic/Latino
23
Other races/Not reported
36
77
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
State Profiles
White
20 to 34
55 and older
144
4.7
8
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
Transportation
incidents
Other
2%
53%
5%
(27% Highway)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
56
Mining
7 (2%)
Construction
Falls
10%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
21%
9%
(11% Struck by object)
62
77
Transportation and
public utilities
62
Wholesale trade
14
THE
MOST
5
Services
42 (11%)
28
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
(8%)
(1%)
Government
O C C U PAT I O N
(16%)
(4%)
30
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
(16%)
Manufacturing
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(15%)
96 (25%)
0
Forestry and logging occupations
32 (8%)
Number of fatalities
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
32 (8%)
Construction trades
28 (7%)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
28 (7%)
15
30
(7%)
45
60
State Profiles
75
145
(20%)