The Workers' Compensation Division received 30,564 accepted disabling claims in 1995, a decrease of 966 claims from 1994. Employment increased by 53,000 workers, resulting in a claims rate of 2.1 claims per 100 workers. This claims rate is a record low in Oregon.

Of the 48 work-related fatalities recorded in 1995, 44 of the victims were men, and four were women. The youngest was a 23-year-old construction laborer. The oldest was a 63-year-old millwright.

Sprains or strains of the back were the most common injury in 1995, accounting for 7,274 claims - or 23.8 percent - of the 30,564 claims accepted as disabling.

4,562 disabling claims were accepted in 1995 for falls to floors, walks, or the ground, and 3,626 for overexertion with containers.

INJURY/DISEASE FACTS, OREGON, 1995

• In 1995, 30,564 claims were accepted as disabling. The claims rate was 2.1 claims per 100 workers, a record low in Oregon.
• Of the total 30,564 claims accepted as disabling, 9,768 (32.0 percent) were for women; 307 (1.0 percent) were for workers under age 18; and 292 (1.0 percent) were for workers aged 65 or over.
• Occupational diseases comprised 12.4 percent of the accepted disabling claims.
• Some 783 workers filed more than one injury or disease claim and had those claims accepted in 1995.
• The average weekly wage at time of injury for 1995 claimants was $418.06 while the average weekly wage for all Oregon workers, excluding federal, was $491.78.
• The construction industry and the transportation and public utilities industry had the highest claims rate (4.5). The finance, insurance and real estate industry had the lowest rate (0.7).
• Workers in their first year with an employer filed 11,291 claims, 36.9 percent of the total accepted in 1995.

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