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Work Injuries and Diseases Database (NWISP) (Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada)

Contact
Brenda Croucher
Executive Director
Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada
6551B Mississauga Road
Mississauga, ON
L5N 1A6
Tel: (905) 542-3633
E-mail: contact@awcbc.org

Database URL

• Workers' Compensation
  http://www.awcbc.org/english/nwisp_rqst.asp
• Workers' Compensation
  http://www.awcbc.org/english/NWISP_Stats.htm

Organization Maintaining the Database
NWISP Coordinator, Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada

Purpose of Database
Given the large number of work-related injuries and diseases occurring in Canada every year, as well as rising costs to employers and employees affected by industrial injuries, there is a continuing need for detailed work injury and disease statistics (national and provincial).

Content
The database uses information derived from accepted claims from injured workers made to the various Canadian workers compensation boards and commissions. Includes national, provincial, and territorial group-level or aggregate data. The database contains summary information on the number of accepted lost-time claims and fatalities, by province.

Occupational data on: fumes, dust, pesticides, solvents, chemicals, dangerous machinery, noise, ionizing radiation, heavy metals, and other sources of injury and occupational disease-related events. Data elements: gender, age, nature of injury, part of the body, source of injury, event, occupation, and industry.

Data coding/classification standards: National Work Injuries Statistics Program Standard (CSA Z795); National Occupational Classification 1991; Standard Industrial Classification 1980.

Year Database Established
1982

Coverage Period
1982 (fatalities: 1993) to 2001

Data Updates
Annually

Data Provider
The data in this database originate from administrative records used by the twelve Canadian Workers' Compensation Boards and Commissions to process claims from injured workers. The AWCBC collects and coordinates the data provided by these sources.

Data Availability
The main users of the information in the database are Workers' Compensation Boards and Commissions and occupational health safety partners, libraries, researchers, and academic institutions. Only AWCBC staff has direct access to the data. Regarding the use or disclosure of the data, the data source must be acknowledged; very small numbers may be concealed. The data in the database are not available generally; statistical summaries are made available on request.

Reports
1) Work Injuries and Diseases; annual report in printed format; disseminated to Member Boards and Commissions and customers; 2) Macro statistics (summary of total lost time claims and fatalities only): annual, in electronic format, and disseminated to the public.

Keywords for searches: province, accident event, age, gender, occupation, industry, part of body, source of injury, nature of injury.