Workers in logging/forestry, transportation top total worker fatalities in Oregon: report
Photo: Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR – The forestry and logging industry in Oregon, together with the transportation industry, accounted for 30 of the 62 worker fatalities recorded by the Oregon Occupational Fatality and Assessment and Control Evaluation Program in 2014, according to OR-FACE’s recently published annual report.
Sixteen of the 62 deaths were the result of contact with an object or equipment, while violence and motor vehicle incidents each resulted in 11 deaths, the report states. Other findings from the report:
- Sixteen worker fatalities occurred in the forestry/logging industry.
- 14 deaths were recorded in transportation.
- The construction industry experienced eight worker deaths.
- 3 fatalities involved workers younger than 25.
The total number of deaths in Oregon represents a rate of 3.4 fatalities per 100,000 workers, the same as the national rate.
Post a comment to this article
Safety+Health welcomes comments that promote respectful dialogue. Please stay on topic. Comments that contain personal attacks, profanity or abusive language – or those aggressively promoting products or services – will be removed. We reserve the right to determine which comments violate our comment policy. (Anonymous comments are welcome; merely skip the “name” field in the comment box. An email address is required but will not be included with your comment.)