Workers’ compensation insurance carriers provide vocational assistance, usually through certified professional rehabilitation organizations, to help injured workers return to suitable employment after an on-the-job injury that prevents the workers return to permanent work

EAIP encourages the early return to work of injured workers who have temporary medical releases for return to light-duty, transitional jobs. The insurer helps the employer develop transitional work and request reimbursement for its costs

PWP provides employer incentives for the re-employment of Oregon workers whose on-the-job injuries have resulted in permanent disabilities and who are not able to return to their regular employment because of those injures.

This view provides estimates of the total workers' compensation benefits paid each year. It shows estimated indemnity benefits and estimated medical benefits.

Workers’ compensation indemnity benefits are cash benefits paid to injured workers. These benefits include benefits for temporary disability (time loss), permanent partial disability, permanent total disability, and death. Statute sets eligibility criteria and the rates at which insurers pay these benefits. In the case of death from work-related causes, indemnity benefits are paid to survivors. Indemnity benefits also include vocational assistance benefits paid on behalf of severely disabled workers to get them back to work.

Indemnity benefits also include settlements between workers and insurers. Claim disposition agreements (CDAs) and disputed claim settlements (DCSs) are the two forms of settlements.

The data in this table include estimated figures and are subject to revision. All dollars are shown in millions of dollars.

Oregon workers' compensation paid indemnity data. The data is presented in the Department of Consumer and Business Services report at https://www.oregon.gov/dcbs/reports/compensation/Pages/index.aspx. The attached pdf provides definitions of the data.

Workers’ compensation pays PPD benefits for the permanent loss of use or function of any portion of the body resulting from a compensable injury. PPD benefits are based on the benefits in statute at the time of injury, not the date of the award. These PPD data are reported by the year of the last claim closure. The average awards include the initial awards made by insurers and the net amounts awarded during the appeal process. Data will change as claims are opened and closed over time.

The structure of PPD benefits underwent a major change in 2005. Prior to 2005, the benefits were based on statutory lists of scheduled and unscheduled body parts. For claims with injuries since 1/1/2005, the permanent impairment of all body parts and systems is rated in relation to the whole person. The benefit is based on the statewide average weekly wage multiplied by the percentage of impairment. Workers who have not been released to regular work are also entitled to a work disability award in addition to their impairment award.

Oregon Workers' Compensation Board disputes data. This contains statistics for the Hearings Division, Board Review, and Oregon Court of Appeals. The data is presented in the Department of Consumer and Business Services report at https://www.oregon.gov/dcbs/reports/compensation/Pages/index.aspx. The attached pdf provides definitions of the data.

Market share of SAIF, private insurers, and self-insured employers in the workers' compensation system.

Oregon workers' compensation data on Disputed Claim Settlements (DCS), Claim Dispute Agreements (CDA) and attorney fees in the dispute process. The data is presented in the Department of Consumer and Business Services report at https://www.oregon.gov/dcbs/reports/compensation/Pages/index.aspx

Oregon Return to Work (RTW) programs data. The data is presented in the Department of Consumer and Business Services report at https://www.oregon.gov/dcbs/reports/compensation/Pages/index.aspx. The attached pdf provides definitions of the data.

The data covers the Employer-at-Injury Program (EAIP), Preferred Worker Program (PWP), and Vocational Assistance Program (Voc).

Oregon workers' compensation claims counts. Where available, the data is provided since 1968, the year Oregon's modern workers' compensation system began. The data is presented in the Department of Consumer and Business Services report at https://www.oregon.gov/dcbs/reports/compensation/Pages/index.aspx. The attached pdf provides definitions of the data.