OVERVIEW
Services industries include a broad array of industries including Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade; Public Administration; Services; and, Finance, Insurance and Real Estate. Combined, these industries include the majority of workers in the state representing the largest number of establishments. Within the Services industries the injury incidence rate continues to be high for health care services, wholesale – non-durable goods and automobile repair services. However, the overall trend for the injury incidence rates for the majority of the industries continues to be downward.
Wholesale Trade
Wholesale trade includes businesses primarily engaged in selling merchandise to professional business users or other wholesalers. The chief functions of establishments included in Wholesale Trade is selling goods to trading establishments, industrial, commercial, institutional, or professional business users; and bringing buyer and seller together.
Retail Trade
Retail trade includes establishments engaged in selling merchandise for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of the goods. Retail trade establishments sell to customers for personal or household use.
Exceptions to this general rule are lumberyards; paint, glass, and wallpaper stores; typewriter stores; stationery stores; and gasoline service stations, which sell to both the general public for personal or household consumption and to businesses.
Public Administration
Public Administration includes the executive, legislative, judicial, administrative and regulatory activities of federal, state, local, and international governments.
Services
Services include establishments primarily engaged in providing a wide variety of services for individuals, business and government establishments.. Hotels and other lodging places; establishments providing personal, business, repair, and amusement services; health, legal, engineering, and other professional services; educational institutions; and, membership organizations are included.
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
Finance includes depository institutions, non-depository credit institutions, holding (but not predominantly operating) companies, other investment companies, brokers and dealers in securities and commodity contracts, and security and commodity exchanges. Insurance covers carriers of all types of insurance, and insurance agents and brokers. Real estate includes owners, lessors, lessees, buyers, sellers, agents, and developers of real estate.
Injury Data
Additional Industry Specific Injury Data:
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Public Administration
Services
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
Safety Award Winners
Wisconsin Businesses that have received the prestigious Wisconsin Corporate Safety Award