Table 4. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected worker occupations and major industry sector, Wyoming, private industry, 2003    
               (in hundreds)
Occupation Private industry2 Goods producing2 Service providing
Total goods producing2 Natural resources and mining2,3 Construc-tion Manufac-turing Total service providing Trade, transport-ation, and utilities Informa-tion Financial activities Profes- Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Other services
sional and
business
services
 
                       
          Total 37.7 13.3 4.2 5.7 3.5 24.4 11.2 -- -- 1.8 4.3 5.2 1.1
                       
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 2.5 0.7 0.3 -- -- 1.9 1.8 -- -- -- -- -- --
Construction laborers 2.3 2.1 -- 2.1 -- 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Carpenters 1.5 1.5 -- 1.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Laborers and freight, stock, and                         
  material movers, hand 1.4 0.3 -- -- 0.2 1.1 0.9 -- -- 0.2 -- -- --
Retail salespersons 1.2 -- -- -- -- 1.2 1.1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1.0 -- -- -- -- 1.0 -- -- -- -- 0.3 0.8 --
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other                         
  recreational protective service workers 0.9 -- -- -- -- 0.9 -- -- -- -- -- 0.9 --
Industrial machinery mechanics 0.9 0.4 0.3 -- -- 0.6 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 0.8 -- -- -- -- 0.8 -- -- -- -- 0.8 -- --
Food preparation workers 0.8 -- -- -- -- 0.8 -- -- -- -- 0.3 0.4 --
Team assemblers 0.8 0.8 -- -- 0.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 0.8 -- -- -- -- 0.8 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- --
First-line supervisors/managers                         
  of retail sales workers 0.7 -- -- -- -- 0.7 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- --
Cooks, restaurant 0.6 -- -- -- -- 0.6 -- -- -- -- -- 0.6 --
Cashiers 0.6 -- -- -- -- 0.6 0.6 -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricians 0.6 0.6 -- 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 0.6 0.4 -- -- -- 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals 0.5 -- -- -- -- 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 0.3 --
Operating engineers and other                         
  construction equipment operators 0.5 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Maintenance and repair workers, general 0.5 -- -- -- -- 0.5 -- -- -- -- 0.2 -- --
Psychiatric aides 0.4 -- -- -- -- 0.4 -- -- -- -- 0.4 -- --
First-line supervisors/managers                         
  of housekeeping and janitorial workers 0.4 -- -- -- -- 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,                        
  except technical and scientific products 0.4 -- -- -- -- 0.4 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Glaziers 0.4 -- -- -- -- 0.4 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Painters, construction and maintenance 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
                           
     1  Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction.      4  Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transporta-
     2  Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.                                                                             tion. These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety 
     3  Data for mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Adminis- and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore estimates for these industries
tration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such as those in oil and gas extraction and related support activities. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are  are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining           NOTE:  Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may
industries. These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore  not sum to the totals.                                                                    
estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries.           SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in coopera-
tion with participating State agencies.                                                                  
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