Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
Sources and Surveillance Activities

Inventory of Data Sources

Compensation Assessment and Accident Prevention System (CAAPS) (Northwest Territories)

Contact
Dr. David P. King
Chief Medical Advisor
Workers Compensation Board, NWT and Nunavut
P.O. Box 8888
Yellowknife, NT
X1A 2T9
Tel: (867) 920-3890
E-mail: davidk@wcb.nt.ca

Organization Maintaining the Database
CGI, Edmonton Office (current outsourcer)
David Hiscock,
Service Manager, Technical Support
10303 Jasper Ave, Suite 800
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 3N6
Tel: (780)-409-2200
E-mail: david.hiscock@cgi.com

Purpose of Database
This national database is used to collect and store workers compensation claims data and employer assessment information.

Content
The database content is under development, with completion anticipated in 2004 (the WCB System database is the system currently in use). CAAPS will include national data on workers compensation claims and employer assessment information, including person-level data with identifiers, and also group-level or aggregate data.

Personal data: name, address, name of employer, birth date, telephone number, e-mail address, social insurance number. Geolocators: municipal codes; postal codes; longitudinal / latitudinal coordinates. There are approximately 17, 760 records the database.

Data coding/classification standards: WCB Data Base (CAAPS); NWISP standard for workplace accidents; SIC standard for industry.

Year Database Established
CAAPS is not yet established; the system is under development and will not be completed until 2004. The WCB System was rebuilt in 1995 and is the database currently in use.

Coverage Period
Claims: 1941 to present. Revenue: 1976 to present

Data Updates
Live data

Data Providers
Workers Compensation Board of the NWT and Nunavut

Data Availability
The main users of the information in the database are claim officers, assessment analysis; and statistician and support staff, all of whom who have direct access. There are security protocols restricting access to the database, and the use or disclosure of the data. Sign-off by the Minister is required to release data with identifiers.

Reports
Not specified

Additional Comments
Data are collected under the authority of the Workers Compensation Act.

Keywords for searches: employer name or person name.

Documentation on the database is available in electronic format.

This database links with information in other databases (e.g., Pesticide Products Information System (PSIS) database; see entry).