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Oregon Workplace Fatality Reports and Statistics

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Fatality statistics

The linked tables include both program-related and non-program-related workplace fatalities. Program-related workplace fatalities are those that are both compensable and investigated by Oregon OSHA. Compensable workplace fatalities are those covered by Oregon's workers' compensation law.

 

Year and industry (pdf)
These tables enumerate Oregon workplace fatalities reported to Oregon OSHA, sorted by year and industry. They distinguish between program-related and other workplace fatalities.

 

Cause of fatality (pdf)
This table enumerates Oregon workplace fatalities reported to Oregon OSHA, sorted by year and cause of fatality. It includes all workplace fatalities for the years noted and does not distinguish between program-related and other workplace fatalities.

 

Details for individual years, by federal fiscal year, October through September (pdf):

2008 (10/07-12/07)

2007 (10/06-9/07)

2006 (10/05-9/06)

2005 (10/04-9/05)

2004 (10/03-9/04)

2003 (10/02-9/03)

2002 (10/01-9/02)

2001 (10/00-9/01)

2000 (10/99-9/00)

 

Fatality-related statistical reports and tables
This link is to the statistical reports and tables page of the Information Management Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The reports and tables detail both compensable Oregon workplace fatalities and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) reports.

 

Oregon compensable fatality characteristics

2006 (most recent)

2005

2004

 

Illustrated descriptions of Oregon workplace fatalities

Safety Notes
Safety Notes are published in Oregon Health and Safety Resource, an Oregon OSHA newsletter. They are descriptions of fatalities and serious accidents, with illustrations, investigation results, and information on preventing similar accidents. Safety Notes presented are for information, research, or occupational injury prevention only.

 

FACE reports
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) reports are prepared by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Oregon Health Sciences University's Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET). FACE reports include incident descriptions, photographs of accident scenes, investigation reports, and other information.