Occupational Fatalities in Oregon: Annual Report 2015

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
• Description:
  In 2015, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation recorded 38 fatal occupational incidents resulting in worker deaths. The number represents a rate of 2.1 fatalities per 100,000 employed workers in the civilian labor force in Oregon. The national worker fatality rate in 2015 was 3.38 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers. The following notable trends occurred in 2015: The total number of fatalities was lower, whereas the rate of employment was higher, relative to the previous 12 years (see fatality rate chart, p. 11). The transportation industry had the highest number of fatalities, followed by forestry and logging. These two industries have been among the top 4 industries for fatalities in 11 of the previous 12 years. Fatal cases from Contact events exceeded all other events, followed by Motor Vehicle Accidents. Nearly one-third of these occurred in the transportation industry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Forestry Mortality Occupational Health Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  FACE Program Fatalities Fatality Assessment And Control Evaluation Program Forestry Workers Logging Workers Mortality Data Surveillance Transportation Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Oregon Health & Science University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Annual Report
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-32
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061653
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health & Science University, 2017 Jul; :1-32
• Contact Point Address:
  OR-FACE Program, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, L606, Portland, OR 97239-3098
• Email:
  orface@ohsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Services, Portland, Oregon
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational fatalities in Oregon: annual report 2015
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229088/cdc_229088_DS1.pdf
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