The Workers’ Compensation Division received notification of 18,013 accepted disabling claims in 2010, a decrease of 936 claims from 2009. Employment decreased by 15,600 workers. This resulted in a claims rate of 1.1 claims per 100 workers.

In 2010, there were 74 years separating the oldest and youngest claimants. The youngest was a 16-year-old farmworker. The oldest was an 90-year-old repairman.

• Occupational diseases comprised 9.3 percent of the accepted disabling claims.
• Workers in their first year with an employer filed 4,139 claims, 23.0 percent of the total accepted in 2010.
• Of the total 18,013 accepted disabling claims, 46 were for workers younger than 18 and 456 were for workers 65 or older. The average age of claimants in 2010 was 42.
• Most of the claims were for male workers, accounting for 11,335 (62.9 percent) of the total.
• The average weekly wage at time of injury for 2010 claimants was $643.22. The average weekly wage for Oregon workers, excluding federal employees, was $842.52.
• Private industry accounted for 15,394 of the accepted disabling claims, approximately 85 percent.

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