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.
This dataset has the following 11 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | calendar_date | 2011-01-01T00:00:00.000 2006-01-01T00:00:00.000 1995-01-01T00:00:00.000 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000 1985-01-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 | |
| Closed claims with PPD | closed_claims_with_ppd | number | The number of resolved claims during the year with PPD awards. PPD awards can be made by insurers or ordered during the appeals process | 6354 6022 6271 7014 2738 view top 100 |
| Percent of closed claims with PPD | percent_of_closed_claims_with_ppd | number | The percentage of all closed claims with PPD awarded. | 29.500 30.600 31.600 29.900 29.400 view top 100 |
| Average PPD award | average_ppd_award | number | The average amount paid for all resolved claims with PPD awards. | 9109 10273.0323918113 5124 5300 10122 view top 100 |
| Pre-2005 PPD claims | pre_2005_ppd_claims | number | The total number of PPD claims with DOI prior to 1/1/2005. | 3 10 7014 61 6291 view top 100 |
| Post-2005 PPD claims | post_2005_ppd_claims | number | The total number of PPD claims with DOI since 1/1/2005. | 5597 5509 3934 3817 3842 view top 100 |
| Post-2005 Impairment-only claims | post_2005_impairment_only_claims | number | The number of impairment-only PPD claims with DOI since 1/1/2005. | 3251 4561 3774 3314 2814 view top 100 |
| Post-2005. imp.-only claims, average PPD | post_2005_imp_only_claims_average_ppd | number | The average PPD paid on impairment-only PPD claims with DOI since 1/1/2005. | 5717.93845717527 4772 3314 5826.12726723096 4400 view top 100 |
| Post-2005 work disability claims | post_2005_work_disability_claims | number | The number of work disability PPD claims (both impairment and work disability) with DOI since 1/1/2005. | 509 603 1058 801 660 view top 100 |
| Post-2005 WD claims, average impairment award | post_2005_wd_claims_average_impairment_award | number | The average impairment amount paid for work disability PPD claims with DOI since 1/1/2005. | 14612.6883910387 11430 12241.4602272727 8980 14742 view top 100 |
| Post-2005 WD claims, average work disability award | post_2005_wd_claims_average_work_disability_award | number | The average work disability amount paid for work disability PPD claims with DOI since 1/1/2005. | 26734 13979 24066 33026 26913.2476547842 view top 100 |