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December 2000
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National Work Injuries Statistics Program

Description: supplies data on work-related time-loss injuries and illnesses

Who/what is surveyed: census of all persons whose claims for compensation for time-loss or permanent disability were accepted by workers’ compensation boards and commissions

How the data is collected: administrative records obtained from provincial and territorial workers’ compensation boards and commissions

Geographic detail: Canada, provinces and territories

Demographic detail: age and sex

Information collected:
1. month and year of injury
2. occupation of injured person
3. industry of the employer
4. nature of injury (burn or fracture, for example)
5. part of body injured (arm, leg or back, for example)
6. source of injury (machine or chemical, for example)
7. type of accident (fall or electric shock, for example)

Frequency: annual up to 1994 (data are now compiled by the National Work Injuries Statistics Program of the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada)

Data availability: data are available from 1982 to 1994 (paper only)

Reference period: calendar year

What makes the data valuable:
1. data available by industry, occupation and province
2. very detailed classification of injuries

Products and services:

1. Work Injuries (Catalogue no. 72-208-XPB), annual (discontinued after 1994)

Responsible association: Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada



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