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Friday, February 23, 2024

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Fatal Work Injuries in Oregon – 2022

Fatal work injuries totaled 55 in 2022 for Oregon, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Oregon was down 11 from the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal occupational injuries in the state have ranged from a high of 88 in 1992 to a low of 43 in 2012. Nationwide, a total of 5,486 fatal work injuries were recorded in 2022, a 5.7-percent increase from 5,190 in 2021, according to the results from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).

Chart 1
Fatal event or exposure

In Oregon, transportation incidents resulted in 25 fatal work injuries and accounted for 45 percent of all fatal workplace injuries in the state. (See chart 2 and table 1.) Worker deaths from transportation incidents were down from 30 over the year.

Violence and other injuries by persons or animals and contact with objects and equipment each accounted for 10 fatalities. Worker fatalities due to violence or other injuries by persons or animals were up from 7, and worker deaths from contact with objects and equipment were down from 14. Falls, slips, or trips accounted for seven fatalities, down from eight in the prior year.

Nationally, transportation incidents were the most frequent fatal event in 2022, accounting for 38 percent of fatal work injuries. Falls, slips, and trips was the second-most common fatal event (16 percent), followed by violence and other injuries by persons or animals and exposure to harmful substances or environments (15 percent each).

Chart 2
Industry

Three private industry sectors each reported 11 work-related fatalities: agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting; construction; and transportation and warehousing. (See table 2.)

Fatalities in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry sector were little changed from the number reported the previous year. Transportation incidents and contact with objects and equipment resulted in 5 and 4, respectively, of the 11 fatalities in the industry. The logging industry group accounted for 4 of the 11 fatal workplace injuries in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry.

Fatal workplace injuries in the construction industry sector rose from nine the prior year. The specialty trade contractors and heavy and civil engineering construction subsectors each accounted for 4 of the 11 fatal workplace injuries in the construction industry, followed by the construction of buildings subsector with 3.

Fatal workplace injuries in the transportation and warehousing industry sector fell from 17 in 2021. Transportation incidents resulted in 8 of the 11 fatalities in the industry. The truck transportation subsector accounted for 7 of the 11 fatal workplace injuries in the transportation and warehousing industry.

Occupation

The transportation and material moving occupational group had the highest number of fatal workplace injuries with 16. (See table 3.) Motor vehicle operators accounted for 13 of the 16 fatalities among transportation and material moving workers. The construction and extraction occupational group had the second-highest number of fatal workplace injuries with nine, followed by management occupations with eight and farming, fishing, and forestry occupations with seven.

Additional highlights:
  • Men accounted for 89 percent of work-related fatalities in Oregon, similar to the national share. (See table 4.) Transportation incidents made up 45 percent of the fatalities for men in Oregon.
  • White non-Hispanics accounted for 76 percent of those who died from a workplace injury. Nationwide, this group accounted for 58 percent of work-related deaths.

  • Workers 25-54 years old accounted for 42 percent of the state’s work-related fatalities in 2022, compared to 57 percent of on-the-job fatalities nationally. Workers 55 years and older accounted for 53 percent of the state’s work-related fatalities in 2022, compared to 35 percent of on-the-job fatalities nationally.

  • Of the 55 fatal work injuries in Oregon, 73 percent worked for wages and salaries; the remainder were self-employed. The most frequent fatal event for wage and salary workers was transportation incidents. Transportation incidents accounted for one-third of self-employed worker fatalities.


Technical Note

Background of the program. The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Safety and Health Statistics (OSHS) program, is a count of all fatalities resulting from workplace injuries occurring in the U.S. during the calendar year. The CFOI uses a variety of state, federal, and independent data sources to identify, verify, and describe fatal work injuries. This ensures counts are as complete and accurate as possible. For the 2022 national data, over 27,200 unique source documents were reviewed as part of the data collection process. For technical information and definitions for the CFOI, see the BLS Handbook of Methods and the CFOI definitions.

Federal/State agency coverage. The CFOI includes data for all fatal work injuries, some of which may be outside the scope of other agencies or regulatory coverage. Comparisons between CFOI counts and those released by other agencies should account for the different coverage requirements and definitions used by each agency. For more information on the scope of CFOI, see Scope of the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries: Concepts.

Latency Cases. Latent fatal occupational injury cases occur when the date of injury differs from the date of death. In some cases, the death occurs in a different year than the occupational injury and are known as cross-year latent cases. In 2022, there were 186 cases nationally where this occurred, and 157 of these latent cases occurred more than 30 days prior to the start of 2022. For more information on latent cases, see Understanding latency in fatal occupational injuries.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. CFOI reports fatal workplace injuries only. These may include fatal workplace injuries complicated by an illness such as COVID-19. Fatal workplace illnesses not precipitated by an injury are not in scope for CFOI. CFOI does not report any illness related information, including COVID-19. Additional information is available on the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, Compensation, Occupational Requirements, and Work Stoppages Statistics.

Acknowledgments. BLS thanks the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services for their efforts in collecting accurate, comprehensive, and useful data on fatal work injuries. BLS also appreciates the efforts of all federal, state, local, and private sector entities that provided source documents used to identify fatal work injuries. Among these agencies are the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; the National Transportation Safety Board; the U.S. Coast Guard; the Mine Safety and Health Administration; the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (Federal Employees' Compensation and Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation divisions); the Federal Railroad Administration; the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; state vital statistics registrars, coroners, and medical examiners; state departments of health, labor, and industrial relations and workers' compensation agencies; state and local police departments; and state farm bureaus.

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Table 1. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure, Oregon, 2021–22
Event or exposure (1) 2021 2022
Number Number Percent

Total

66 55 100

Violence and other injuries by persons or animals

7 10 18

Transportation incidents

30 25 45

Pedestrian vehicular incident

7 6 11

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway

3 3 5

Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway

-- 3 5

Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicle

15 16 29

Roadway collision with other vehicle

3 5 9

Roadway collision with object other than vehicle

3 7 13

Roadway noncollision incident

9 4 7

Falls, slips, trips

8 7 13

Falls to lower level

-- 6 11

Other fall to lower level

-- 4 7

Contact with objects and equipment

14 10 18

Footnotes:
(1) Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data forward.

NOTE: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. N.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.

Table 2. Fatal occupational injuries by industry, Oregon, 2021–22
Industry (1) 2021 2022
Number Number Percent

Total

66 55 100

Private Industry (2)

63 50 91

Goods producing

-- -- --

Natural resources and mining

12 11 20

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

12 11 20

Forestry and logging

-- 4 7

Logging

-- 4 7

Logging

-- 4 7

Fishing, hunting and trapping

2 2 4

Fishing

-- 2 4

Fishing

-- 2 4

Finfish fishing

-- 2 4

Construction

9 11 20

Construction

9 11 20

Construction of buildings

5 3 5

Heavy and civil engineering construction

-- 4 7

Specialty trade contractors

-- 4 7

Manufacturing

5 3 5

Manufacturing

5 3 5

Service providing (3)

-- -- --

Trade, transportation, and utilities

-- -- --

Retail trade

-- 4 7

Transportation and warehousing

17 11 20

Truck transportation

11 7 13

Information

-- -- --

Financial activities

-- -- --

Professional and business services

-- 6 11

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

4 6 11

Administrative and support services

4 6 11

Services to buildings and dwellings

3 3 5

Landscaping services

3 3 5

Educational and health services

3 -- --

Leisure and hospitality

-- -- --

Other services, except public administration

-- -- --

Public administration

-- -- --

Government (4)

-- 5 9

Federal government

-- 1 2

State government

1 -- --

Local government

-- -- --

Footnotes:
(1) CFOI has used several versions of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) since 2003 to define industry. For complete information on the version of NAICS used in this year, see our concepts page at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/concepts.htm#industry.
(2) Cases where ownership is unknown are included in private industry counts.
(3) Cases where industry is unknown are included in the service sector counts.
(4) Includes fatal injuries to workers employed by governmental organizations regardless of industry. Cases classified as foreign government and other government are included in all government counts, but not displayed separately.

NOTE: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. N.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.

Table 3. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation, Oregon, 2021–22
Occupation (1) 2021 2022
Number Number Percent

Total

66 55 100

Management occupations

6 8 15

Other management occupations

3 4 7

Protective service occupations

5 4 7

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

4 3 5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

11 7 13

Fishing and hunting workers

2 1 2

Fishing and hunting workers

2 1 2

Fishing and hunting workers

2 1 2

Forest, conservation, and logging workers

3 4 7

Logging workers

-- 4 7

Construction and extraction occupations

10 9 16

Supervisors of construction and extraction workers

-- 3 5

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

-- 3 5

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

-- 3 5

Construction trades workers

7 6 11

Roofers

-- 3 5

Roofers

-- 3 5

Transportation and material moving occupations

20 16 29

Motor vehicle operators

17 13 24

Footnotes:
(1) CFOI has used several versions of the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) system since 2003 to define occupation. For complete information on the version of SOC used in these years, see our definitions page at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/concepts.htm#occupation. Cases where occupation is unknown are included in the total.

NOTE: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. N.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.

Table 4. Fatal occupational injuries by selected demographic characteristics, Oregon, 2021–22
Worker characteristics 2021 2022
Number Number Percent

Total

66 55 100

Employee status

Wage and salary workers (1)

56 40 73

Self-employed (2)

10 15 27

Gender

Men

61 49 89

Women

5 6 11

Age (3)

20 to 24 years

3 3 5

25 to 34 years

8 6 11

35 to 44 years

12 11 20

45 to 54 years

15 6 11

55 to 64 years

18 16 29

65 years and over

8 13 24

Race or ethnic origin (4)

White, non-Hispanic

50 42 76

Black or African-American, non-Hispanic

-- 3 5

Hispanic or Latino

13 7 13

Asian, non-Hispanic

-- -- --

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic

-- -- --

Footnotes:
(1) May include volunteers and workers receiving other types of compensation. Cases where employment status is unknown are included in the counts of wage and salary workers.
(2) Includes self-employed workers, owners of unincorporated businesses and farms, paid and unpaid family workers, and may include some owners of incorporated businesses or members of partnerships.
(3) Information may not be available for all age groups.
(4) Persons identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. The race categories shown exclude data for Hispanics and Latinos. Cases where ethnicity is unknown are included in counts of non-Hispanic workers.

NOTE: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. N.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.

 

Last Modified Date: Friday, February 23, 2024