Oregon Industry: A Comparison of Occupational Safety and Health Measures, 2015 Central Services Division Department of Consumer and Business Services January 2017 By Heather McCabe

The Industry (NAICS1 113310) primarily involves harvesting of timber on long production cycles (10 or more years) and often requires specialized machinery unique to the industry in varied terrains and settings. Establishments within the industry are typically focused in one or more of the following: (1) cutting timber, (2) cutting and transporting timber, and (3) producing chips in the field. Shorter cycle products (e.g., Christmas ) are generally more in nature and are categorized outside of and Logging. The Forestry Services Industry (NAICS 115310) comprises companies primarily engaged in particular support activities related to timber production, such as wood technology, marketing, and . Support activities may include (1) estimating timber, (2) forest firefighting, (3) forest pest control, or (4) consulting on wood attributes and .

Accepted disabling claims and employment, Oregon 2011-2015, logging and forestry services 10000 500 450 8000 400 350 6000 300 250 4000 5,345 5,566 6,032 6,133 6,003 200 4,065 Employment 3,827 3,433 3,685 3,808 150 2000 100

50 Accepted disabling claims 0 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Logging employment Forestry employment Logging claims Forestry claims

Survey2 of occupational injury and illness, incidence rates, private industry, Oregon 2011-2015 Most frequent occupation, Oregon 2015 Total recordable cases of injury and illness Logging (NAICS 113310) per 100 full-time employees 18 Logging, laborer, NEC3 34.6% 98 15 14.2 Bucker, cutter, faller 14.5% 41 12 10.3 10.7 10.7 10.6 9.0 Choker setter 14.1% 40 9 5.8 5.4 6 5.2 4.8 Log truck driver 7.8% 22 3 Bumper chasesr 7.4% 21 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 0 25 50 75 100 Accepted claims Logging Forestry services

Forestry services (NAICS 115310) Days away from work, restriction, or job transfer (DART) Forestry and per 100 full-time employees 53.1% 77 conservation 10 Protective 7.9 services workers 28.3% 41 8 7.4 Supervisors and 6 5.3 5.0 contractors for 6.9% 10 farm, fish 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.6 4 2.8 2.6 Farmer workers 3.8% 5 2 Installer and 3.0% 4 repairers 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Logging Forestry services Accepted claims 1 Compensable workers’ compensation claim characteristics – The Department of Consumer and Business Services uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) to record accident and injury data. OIICS allows tracking of occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities according to the event or exposure and source that led to an injury or illness, as well as the nature of injury or illness and parts of the body affected.4

Most frequent accident or exposure event (number and percent of claims), Oregon 2015 Logging (NAICS 113310) Forestry Services (NAICS 115310) 105 50 101 40 80 36 30 23 55 36 36 20 17 17 30 14 30 10 35.7%37.6% 12.7%11.3% 12.7%1% 10.6% 24.8% 15.5% 11.7% 11.7% 9.7% 0 0 Struck by/ Fall to Overexertion Fall on Struck by/ Fall on Overexertion Transportation Slip, trip against object lower level some level against object same level incidents without fall

Most frequent source of injury or disease (number and percent of claims), Oregon 2015 Logging (NAICS 113310) Forestry Services (NAICS 115310)

Plants, vegetation, Plants, vegetation, 31.8% 90 20.7% 30 trees, incl. logs, limbs trees, incl. logs, limbs

Machinery 15.2% 43 Bodily motion, position 15.9% 23

Parts and materials 11.0% 31 Vehicles 13.8% 20

Bodily motion, position 9.5% 27 Floors, walkways, 11.7% 17 ground Floors, walkways, ground 3.8% 25 Chainsaws, powered 7.6% 11

Most frequent part of body affected (number and percent of claims), Oregon 2015 Logging (NAICS 113310) Forestry Services (115310) 80 40

59 30 60 30 49 25

40 20 16 29 25 22 13 20 10

20.8% 17.3% 10.2% 8.8% 7.8% 20.7% 17.2% 11.0% 9.0% 0 0 Leg(s), Multiple Trunk, Shoulders Back Leg(s), Multiple Back, Trunk, knee(s) parts except back knee(s) parts incl. spine except back

Most frequent nature of injury or disease (number and percent of claims), Oregon 2015 Logging (NAICS 113310) Forestry Services (NAICS 115310)

Sprains, strains, tears 36.7% 104 Sprains, strains, tears 44.1% 64

Fractures 20.5% 58 Fractures 13.8% 20

Multiple injuries 13.4% 38 Multiple injuries 9.7% 14

Bruises 9.2% 26 Cuts, lacerations 9.0% 13

Injury & illness combination 6.7% 19 Bruises 4.1% 6

2 ------31.1 25.4 50.3 54.3 26.1 24.6 159.2 158.5 Forest serv. 11.6 86.6 25.3 66.4 92.9 39.9 97.0 42.9 57.0 59.7 74.9 53.9 49.7 48.9 114.4 101.5 105.8 103.8 106.3 133.3 Logging Fatality RATE 3.6 2.8 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.1 3.3 2.6 2.8 1.8 2.1 2.0 2.6 1.9 1.1 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.5 (fatals per 100,000 employees) State 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 Forest serv. 9 1 7 2 9 5 7 8 8 3 7 3 7 3 3 4 3 3 3 8 Fatal claims Logging 54 43 52 47 45 34 52 41 45 31 37 35 46 31 17 28 30 30 31 27 State 4.7 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.3 2.9 3.8 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.6 2.9 3.4 2.5 3.3 3.2 2.7 3.6 Forest serv. 6.8 5.9 6.1 6.5 6.2 6.1 5.5 6.9 6.3 5.8 5.3 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.5 5.1 4.3 4.6 4.2 4.7 Logging (ADC’s per 100 employees) (ADC’s 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 State Accepted disabling claims RATE Accepted disabling claims RATE 7 85 110 118 114 116 139 104 178 154 131 137 130 135 161 103 123 120 123 102 145 Forest serv. 605 509 490 513 486 457 414 525 483 439 385 306 283 224 224 274 239 275 257 283 Logging logging and forestry services compared with statewide data, 1996-2015 Accepted disabling claims State 22,111 22,111 18,011 18,011 28,389 27,922 27,020 25,769 25,325 24,607 23,463 21,823 22,319 23,370 23,431 21,660 18,949 18,693 18,643 18,633 19,742 19,572 6 2,970 3,027 3,024 3,212 3,494 3,934 4,651 5,026 3,995 3,976 4,149 4,469 4,417 3,587 3,671 3,432 3,685 3,827 3,808 4,065 serv. Forest 5 Summary table of Oregon employment, accepted disabling workers’ compensation claims and fatalities, Summary table of Oregon employment, accepted disabling workers’ 6 8,869 8,625 8,084 7,908 7,868 7,528 7,535 7,564 7,706 7,515 7,220 6,998 6,583 5,260 5,029 5,344 5,565 6,032 6,133 6,003 Logging Employment State 1,487,300 1,547,800 1,576,100 1,602,700 1,627,600 1,616,400 1,596,100 1,585,800 1,630,500 1,677,500 1,734,400 1,762,700 1,746,200 1,637,400 1,623,300 1,641,300 1,664,000 1,697,600 1,748,400 1,805,900 Year 2011 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015

3 Oregon fatal workers’ compensation claims, logging and forestry services, 2011-2015 Industry 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Logging 4 3 6 3 8 Forestry services 0 2 1 0 1

Description of accepted fatal logging and forestry claims, 2015 Accident description Year of death Gender Occupation NAICS County Pickup truck ran off road and down ravine 2014 M Choker Setter 113310 Lane

Pickup truck ran off road and down ravine 2014 M Chaser 113310 Lane

Struck by swinging log 2015 M Chaser 113310 Coos

Stranded outside in freezing temperatures 2015 M Watchman 113310 Coos Pickup truck collided with oncoming dump truck 2015 M Choker Setter 113310 Linn on highway Pickup truck collided with oncoming dump truck 2015 M Choker Setter 113310 Linn on highway Pickup truck ran off road and down ravine 2014 M Yarder Engineer 113310 Lane

Pedestrian ran over by yarder 2014 M Chaser 113310 Coos

Hyperthermia 2014 M Choker Setter 115310 Coos

Endnotes: 1 NAICS = North American Industry Classification System, 2007 Edition. Data includes public and private entities unless otherwise specified. Employees of client leasing firms are reported by the industry in which they were working at the time of injury. 2 The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts the annual Survey of Occupational Injury and Illness, in cooperation with the Department of Consumer and Business Services. Data is based on NAICS 2012 Edition and includes private entities only. 3 NEC = not elsewhere classified. 4 Claims characteristics are classified according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS), version 2.01. 5 Employment figures are based on data from the Oregon Employment Department. 6 Date includes private entities only. 7 Table includes all accepted disabling claims. Claims are counted in the year in which they are reported to DCBS as accepted, which may be different than the year of injury. Source data are continually updated so results may vary over time. Source: Central Services Division, Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. Last updated December 2016.

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