Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation (DCMWC)
|
Fiscal |
New Claims |
Refiled Claims2 |
Successor Claims3 |
Part C Survivor Conversions4, 5 |
Part B Survivor Conversions 4, 5 |
Total5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2001 |
3464 |
3604 |
756 |
1164 |
8988 |
|
|
2002 |
3237 |
2982 |
779 |
1062 |
8060 |
|
|
2003 |
2594 |
1926 |
704 |
982 |
6206 |
|
|
2004 |
1992 |
1832 |
665 |
856 |
5345 |
|
|
2005 |
2087 |
1869 |
611 |
804 |
5371 |
|
|
2006 |
1720 |
1837 |
563 |
642 |
4762 |
|
|
2007 |
1873 |
1889 |
570 |
581 |
4913 |
|
|
2008 |
1670 |
1598 |
522 |
480 |
4270 |
|
|
2009 |
1597 |
1807 |
506 |
444 |
4354 |
|
|
2010 |
2683 |
3088 |
636 |
637 |
7044 |
|
|
2011 |
2410 |
2383 |
635 |
631 |
6059 |
|
|
2012 |
2176 |
2140 |
494 |
559 |
5369 |
|
|
2013 |
2544 |
2655 |
624 |
597 |
6420 |
|
|
2014 |
2877 |
3458 |
589 |
470 |
7394 |
|
|
2015 |
2860 |
2879 |
601 |
478 |
6818 |
|
|
2016 |
3334 |
3114 |
573 |
427 |
7448 |
|
|
2017 |
3021 |
3287 |
600 |
478 |
7386 |
|
|
2018 |
2588 |
3345 |
317 |
423 |
6673 |
|
|
2019 |
2580 |
3471 |
296 |
459 |
6806 |
|
|
2020 |
1783 | 2853 | 213 | 422 | 65 | 5336 |
|
2021 |
1765 | 2984 | 254 | 518 | 31 | 5552 |
|
2022 |
1598 | 2695 | 232 | 522 | 19 | 5066 |
1 Current regulations became effective January 19, 2001.
2 Refiled claim: the claimant has filed at least once before.
3 Successor claim: a subsequent claim filed on a miner's record by another person.
4 Conversion: some dependent survivors are automatically entitled to benefits.
5 Beginning with FY2020 the Total Incoming Claims include Part B Survivor Entitlement claims.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation