Research and Statistics -- DLI statistics

Workers' compensation

Occupation and industry of indemnity claimants, injury-years 1990-2008 [1]

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Injury year	Agriculture	Mining	Construction	Manufacturing	Transportation [2]
1990	1.7%	0.9%	10.8%	27.8%	7.6%
1991	1.6%	0.7%	10.0%	25.0%	7.7%
1992	1.6%	0.8%	9.2%	24.5%	7.5%
1993	1.4%	0.6%	9.0%	23.9%	8.1%
1994	1.5%	0.6%	9.5%	23.3%	8.4%
1995	1.5%	0.6%	9.6%	24.3%	8.4%
1996	1.5%	0.6%	10.4%	23.2%	9.4%
1997	1.7%	0.7%	11.3%	23.3%	9.3%
1998	1.7%	0.8%	12.0%	21.9%	9.5%
1999	1.8%	0.8%	12.8%	21.7%	9.7%
2000	1.5%	0.7%	13.1%	21.3%	10.1%
2001	1.7%	0.6%	13.8%	19.7%	9.8%
2002	1.8%	0.5%	12.7%	19.1%	10.6%

Injury year	Wholesale	Retail	F.I.R.E. [3]	Services	Public administration
1990	6.3%	13.9%	2.0%	26.0%	3.1%
1991	6.9%	14.5%	2.2%	27.0%	4.3%
1992	6.4%	14.3%	2.4%	29.0%	4.3%
1993	6.6%	13.8%	2.3%	29.7%	4.6%
1994	6.6%	13.9%	2.1%	29.9%	4.2%
1995	6.8%	13.9%	2.1%	29.2%	3.6%
1996	6.9%	14.0%	2.1%	28.8%	3.1%
1997	7.0%	12.9%	1.8%	28.6%	3.4%
1998	7.1%	13.2%	1.9%	28.2%	3.6%
1999	7.6%	12.9%	1.8%	27.6%	3.2%
2000	7.4%	13.0%	1.6%	28.2%	3.2%
2001	7.5%	12.9%	1.9%	28.7%	3.4%
2002	8.1%	13.3%	1.9%	28.4%	3.5%

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Injury year	Natural resources and mining	Construction	Manufacturing	Trade, transportation and utilities	Information	Financial activities
2003	1.5%	13.4%	17.7%	25.8%	1.5%	2.1%
2004	1.5%	13.1%	18.5%	24.3%	1.5%	2.3%
2005	1.7%	13.4%	17.9%	25.7%	1.4%	2.1%
2006	1.6%	13.1%	18.3%	24.9%	1.4%	1.8%
2007	1.6%	12.0%	17.3%	25.1%	1.3%	1.8%
2008	1.8%	11.2%	16.3%	24.6%	1.4%	2.1%

Injury year	Professional and business services	Education and health services	Leisure and hospitality	Other services	Public administration
2003	7.0%	19.5%	5.2%	2.6%	3.8%
2004	7.5%	19.9%	5.1%	2.7%	3.7%
2005	7.8%	19.2%	4.9%	2.4%	3.5%
2006	7.9%	19.9%	5.2%	2.5%	3.6%
2007	8.5%	20.7%	5.3%	2.6%	3.6%
2008	8.5%	21.8%	5.6%	2.8%	3.8%

1. Claims data is from the Department of Labor and Industry claims database. Percentages are based on cases with known values.

2. Includes communication and public utilities.

3. Finance, insurance and real estate.

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Injury year	Professional [5]	Sales	Clerical	Service	Agricultural
1992	7.6%	4.4%	6.7%	22.3%	1.7%
1993	7.4%	4.4%	6.2%	22.5%	1.7%
1994	7.3%	4.2%	6.0%	21.1%	1.7%
1995	7.8%	5.0%	6.2%	19.5%	1.7%
1996	7.6%	5.3%	6.0%	18.7%	1.8%
1997	8.3%	4.6%	5.9%	17.6%	1.8%
1998	9.4%	3.8%	5.6%	17.6%	1.7%
1999	8.6%	3.8%	6.1%	17.5%	1.6%
2000	8.1%	4.2%	6.5%	18.0%	1.5%
2001	8.7%	4.1%	6.7%	18.3%	1.8%
2002	8.5%	4.0%	6.1%	20.2%	2.1%

Injury year	Crafts	Operators	Transportation	Laborers	Other -- nec. [6]
1992	15.9%	12.9%	8.7%	16.2%	3.6%
1993	17.0%	13.1%	9.4%	15.1%	3.2%
1994	16.3%	13.3%	9.8%	16.3%	3.9%
1995	15.6%	14.0%	9.1%	15.8%	5.2%
1996	16.6%	14.0%	10.1%	15.5%	4.3%
1997	17.2%	14.0%	10.0%	15.4%	5.0%
1998	17.4%	13.9%	9.5%	15.3%	5.9%
1999	17.8%	14.0%	10.3%	17.1%	3.1%
2000	19.0%	14.6%	10.3%	16.6%	1.2%
2001	18.9%	13.0%	10.5%	16.1%	1.8%
2002	19.5%	12.7%	10.7%	14.9%	1.3%

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Injury year	Management, business, financial	Professional	Service	Sales	Office and admin. support	Farm, fish, forest
2003	2.8%	8.2%	19.6%	4.1%	5.8%	0.8%
2004	2.4%	8.2%	20.5%	4.0%	5.2%	0.9%
2005	2.3%	7.9%	20.0%	3.9%	5.6%	1.1%
2006	2.3%	7.7%	20.8%	4.2%	6.5%	1.1%
2007	2.4%	8.3%	21.8%	4.3%	6.2%	1.1%
2008	2.3%	8.8%	23.0%	4.2%	6.1%	1.2%

Injury year	Constr. and extract	Install., maintenance, repair	Production	Transport. and material moving
2003	12.6%	10.3%	14.9%	20.8%
2004	12.3%	9.1%	17.1%	20.2%
2005	12.8%	9.1%	16.8%	20.4%
2006	12.6%	8.8%	17.0%	19.1%
2007	11.4%	8.8%	16.8%	19.1%
2008	10.3%	9.2%	15.8%	19.1%

4. Claims data is from the Department of Labor and Industry claims database. Percentages are based on cases with known values.

5. Includes managers and technicians.

6. Nec.: not elsewhere classified.