Occupational Fatalities in Oregon: Annual Report 2014

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
• Description:
  In 2014, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation recorded 59 fatal occupational incidents and 62 worker deaths. The number represents a rate of 3.4 fatalities per 100,000 employed workers in the civilian labor force in Oregon. The national worker fatality rate in 2014 was also 3.4 per 100,000 fulltime equivalent workers. The following notable trends occurred in 2014: The total number and rate of fatalities was higher in 2014 relative to the 4 previous years (see fatality rate chart, p. 10). Forestry/logging industry had the highest number of fatalities followed by transportation. It has been since 2011 that this industry had the most number of fatalities. Fatal cases from contact events exceeded all other events. Half of these cases occurred in forestry/logging industry. Second to contact were events in the violence category. Six of the 11 violence cases were suicides. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Forestry Mortality Occupational Health Safety Suicide Transportation Violence
• 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:20061611
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health & Science University, 2016 Aug; :1-32
• Contact Point Address:
  OR-FACE Program, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, L606, Portland, OR 97239-3098
• Email:
  orface@ohsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Services, Portland, Oregon
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational fatalities in Oregon: annual report 2014
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:98c1173bb85ef5f4320195c95097249c8947835daac2db659cd76392b730f0941d7e8aea0e0ba26d1b91f350efb7312374b106a810b7ca855668c43658fb829d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229073/cdc_229073_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.14 MB ]