Oregon Workers' Compensation Claims and Performance Metrics

1968 onward, this dataset contains Oregon workers' compensation claims counts and insurer performance metrics. It is provided by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services and includes annual data on accepted and denied claims, fatality rates, and processing timeliness. The data supports the official state report on workers' compensation.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in 'Accepted disabling claims' and 'Denied claims' over 'Year' to assess changes in claim adjudication patterns.
• Model the 'Rate: accepted disabling claims per 100 employees' against economic indicators to identify risk factors for workplace injuries.
• Evaluate insurer performance by tracking 'Disabling claims: median days to insurer acceptance' and 'Percent accepted or denied timely'.
• Study occupational fatality trends using the 'Fatality claims' count and 'Rate: fatality claims per 100,000 employees' columns.

Strengths

• Time series data spans from 1968 to the present, covering over 50 years of historical records.
• Includes 18 specific metrics covering claim volumes, rates, denial statistics, and processing timeliness.

Limitations

• Sample size (number of rows) is unspecified, making it difficult to assess the dataset's granularity.
• Geographic coverage is limited to the state of Oregon, which may not be representative of other regions.

Provenance

Source

Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services.

Collection Method

Administrative data collected for the state's workers' compensation system and official reporting.

Time Range

1968 onward.

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-09-15.

Geography

State of Oregon, USA.