Occupational Fatalities in Oregon: Annual Report 2009

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
• Description:
  In 2009, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation recorded 58 fatal occupational incidents, with 64 worker deaths. The number represents a rate of 3.5 fatalities per 100,000 employed workers in the civilian labor force in Oregon. The national worker fatality rate in 2009 was 3.5 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, down from 3.7 in 2008 (CFOI). The following notable trends occurred in 2009. Overall, the annual number of fatalities was relatively stable compared to the past two years. In 2008, there were 61 worker deaths and 68 worker deaths in 2007. Transportation was the most common event and occupation for fatalities among workers in Oregon. The second most frequent cause of death was contact with objects or equipment. Agricultural occupations within agriculture (farming and ranching) had the second highest occupational death count. There were three delayed deaths in 2006, compared to five in 2008. Cases of delayed death (over 2 days following the date of injury) spanned from 10 days to 111 days. Compared to 2007 and 2008 data, a higher proportion of incidents involved women in 2009 (8%, compared to 4% and 5%, respectively). Violence accounted for three of five female fatalities in 2009. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Epidemiology Mortality Occupational Health Safety Transportation Violence
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers FACE Program Fatalities Fatality Assessment And Control Evaluation Program Machinery 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:
  1-28
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061600
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health & Science University, 2013 Feb; :1-28
• Contact Point Address:
  OR-FACE Program, CROET, OHSU, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, L606, Portland, OR 97239-3098
• Email:
  orface@ohsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Services, Portland, Oregon
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational fatalities in Oregon: annual report 2009
• 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/229065/cdc_229065_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.45 MB ]