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

Inventory of Data Sources

Prevention Services Information System (PSIS) (WCB of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut)

Contact
Dr. David P. King
Chief Medical Advisor
Workers Compensation Board of the 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 the Database
To collect and store NWT and Nunavut information on occupational health and safety inspections, investigations and certifications (for inspection purposes).

Content
Occupational health and safety data on inspections, investigations and certifications in the NWT and Nunavut. Does not pertain to the environment except for data on indoor air quality, which is recorded as an inspection only.

Occupational data on: dust, solvents, dangerous machinery, fumes, chemicals, noise, ergonomics (these are recorded in the inspection only and not as specific health data types).

Personal data: individual's name, address, name of employer, birth date, telephone number, social insurance number. Geolocators: postal codes, longitudinal / latitudinal coordinates. There are approximately 17,760 records in the database.

Year Database Established
January 2001

Coverage Period
2001 to present

Data Provider
Workers Compensation Board (WCB) of the NWT and Nunavut

Data Updates
Live data

Data Availability
Access is limited to occupational safety officers and mining inspectors, and support staff. Security protocols restricting access to the database, and protocols restricting the use or disclosure of data, are in place.

Reports
Not specified

Additional Comments
Data are collected under the authority of the NWT and Nunavut Workers Compensation Board Act; the Mine Health and Safety Act; and the NWT and Nunavut Safety Act and Regulations.

The database links with information in the WCB system. Protocol for database linkages: sign-off by the Minister to release data with identifiers.

Search keywords: employer, person, location and type of event (i.e., inspection).

Documentation on the database is available in electronic format.