Workers' Compensation Claims: Fourth Quarter 2012 (2012Q4)
Methodological note: The number of initial claims and continued claims shown in previous issues of Wyoming Labor Force Trends did not include medical claims. These claims are included below and will be included in subsequent releases of these quarterly data in Wyoming Labor Force Trends. Therefore, the numbers of claimants in this issue are substantially higher than were shown in previous quarterly issues of Trends.
| Initial Claims |
2012Q4 Unique Claimants |
Claims Filed |
Percent Change Claims Filed |
Rate per 1,000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012Q4 | 2012Q4 | ||||||||
| 2012Q4 | 2012Q3 | 2011Q4 | 2012Q3 | 2011Q4 | 2012Q4 | 2012Q3 | 2011Q4 | ||
| Wyoming Statewide | |||||||||
| Total | 2,873 | 2,873 | 3,431 | 3,302 | -16.3 | -13.0 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 10.3 |
| Goods-Producing | 813 | 813 | 898 | 896 | -9.5 | -9.3 | 11.3 | 12.0 | 12.1 |
| Natural Resources & Mining | 332 | 332 | 340 | 365 | -2.4 | -9.0 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.7 |
| Mining | 288 | 288 | 266 | 329 | 8.3 | -12.5 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 10.6 |
| Oil & Gas Extraction | 31 | 31 | 29 | 24 | 6.9 | 29.2 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| Construction | 290 | 290 | 395 | 307 | -26.6 | -5.5 | 10.2 | 12.8 | 10.6 |
| Manufacturing | 191 | 191 | 163 | 224 | 17.2 | -14.7 | 17.3 | 14.8 | 19.9 |
| Service-Providing | 2,001 | 2,001 | 2,460 | 2,392 | -18.7 | -16.3 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 9.7 |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities | 543 | 543 | 621 | 581 | -12.6 | -6.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 9.7 |
| Wholesale Trade | 99 | 99 | 104 | 111 | -4.8 | -10.8 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 11.3 |
| Retail Trade | 270 | 270 | 321 | 279 | -15.9 | -3.2 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 7.6 |
| Transportation, Warehousing & Utilities | 174 | 174 | 196 | 191 | -11.2 | -8.9 | 13.1 | 14.5 | 14.3 |
| Information, Financial, Prof. & Business Svcs. | 173 | 173 | 197 | 245 | -12.2 | -29.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 6.0 |
| Educational & Health Services | 663 | 663 | 688 | 734 | -3.6 | -9.7 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 10.9 |
| Leisure & Hospitality | 244 | 244 | 446 | 287 | -45.3 | -15.0 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 6.4 |
| Other Svcs, exc. Pub. Admin. | 49 | 49 | 113 | 99 | -56.6 | -50.5 | 4.8 | 10.0 | 9.9 |
| Public Administration | 329 | 329 | 395 | 446 | -16.7 | -26.2 | 15.0 | 16.3 | 19.9 |
| Unclassified | 59 | 59 | 73 | 14 | -19.2 | 321.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Continued Claims | Percent Change Claims Filed | ||||||||
| 2012Q4 Unique Claimants | Claims Filed | ||||||||
| 2012Q4 | 2012Q4 | Rate per 1,000 | |||||||
| 2012Q4 | 2012Q3 | 2011Q4 | 2012Q3 | 2011Q4 | 2012Q4 | 2012Q3 | 2011Q4 | ||
| Wyoming Statewide | |||||||||
| Total | 10,228 | 45,672 | 39,279 | 44,445 | 16.3 | 2.8 | 143.6 | 116.6 | 138.8 |
| Goods-Producing | 3,427 | 16,215 | 14,018 | 16,154 | 15.7 | 0.4 | 226.2 | 186.6 | 217.4 |
| Natural Resources & Mining | 1,429 | 6,830 | 5,990 | 6,762 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 211.5 | 180.8 | 198.5 |
| Mining | 1,217 | 5,915 | 5,225 | 5,858 | 13.2 | 1.0 | 202.8 | 176.4 | 189.3 |
| Oil & Gas Extraction | 110 | 513 | 454 | 536 | 13.0 | -4.3 | 110.3 | 97.4 | 121.2 |
| Construction | 1,369 | 6,503 | 5,458 | 6,564 | 19.1 | -0.9 | 229.7 | 176.3 | 226.6 |
| Manufacturing | 629 | 2,882 | 2,570 | 2,828 | 12.1 | 1.9 | 260.4 | 233.3 | 251.2 |
| Service-Providing | 6,614 | 28,635 | 24,612 | 27,560 | 16.3 | 3.9 | 116.3 | 94.5 | 112.3 |
| Trade, Transp., and Utilities | 2,035 | 9,409 | 7,944 | 8,794 | 18.4 | 7.0 | 156.8 | 128.5 | 146.9 |
| Wholesale Trade | 352 | 1,503 | 1,332 | 1,454 | 12.8 | 3.4 | 152.1 | 131.7 | 148.0 |
| Retail Trade | 919 | 4,184 | 3,423 | 3,970 | 22.2 | 5.4 | 113.5 | 89.6 | 108.4 |
| Transp., Warehs. & Utilities | 764 | 3,722 | 3,189 | 3,370 | 16.7 | 10.4 | 280.2 | 236.0 | 251.5 |
| Information, Financial, Prof. & Business Svcs. | 618 | 2,977 | 2,564 | 2,857 | 16.1 | 4.2 | 74.0 | 60.7 | 69.7 |
| Educational & Health Services | 1,780 | 7,790 | 6,778 | 7,292 | 14.9 | 6.8 | 114.4 | 99.7 | 108.1 |
| Leisure & Hospitality | 891 | 3,340 | 2,923 | 3,455 | 14.3 | -3.3 | 73.1 | 55.2 | 77.3 |
| Other Svcs, exc. Pub. Admin. | 278 | 1,188 | 1,043 | 1,160 | 13.9 | 2.4 | 116.9 | 92.8 | 116.5 |
| Public Administration | 1,012 | 3,931 | 3,360 | 4,002 | 17.0 | -1.8 | 178.9 | 138.9 | 178.4 |
| Unclassified | 187 | 822 | 649 | 731 | 26.7 | 12.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Definitions and methodological notes on workers' compensation claims can be found online at http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/0111/a5.htm. | |||||||||
| Historical workers' compensation data can be found online at http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/safety.htm. | |||||||||