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Injury/illness yearThe year of the accident or, for occupational diseases, the date of diagnosis or exposure.
Allowed claimsClaims where entitlement to benefits has been authorized. Claims that are denied, abandoned, or pending are NOT included.
Lost time claimA lost time claim is created when a person suffers a work-related injury and/or disease which results in:

  • being off work past the day of accident
  • loss of wages/earnings, or
  • a permanent disability/impairment.
No lost time claimA no lost time claim results from a work-related injury where no time is lost from work, other than on the day of accident, but where health care is required. The health care costs resulting from the injury are paid by the WSIB.
Total claimsRepresents the total number of lost time and no lost time claims. To protect confidentiality and privacy in the disclosure of data some businesses will not display lost time and no lost time claims separately and instead will display Total Claims.
TermsDefinition
Injury/illness yearThe year of the accident or, for occupational diseases, the date of diagnosis or exposure.
Lost time injury (LTI) rateNumber of allowed lost time injuries/illnesses per 100 derived full-time equivalent (FTE) workers for the injury year specified, where 100 FTE = 200,000 derived hours. [(Lost time injuries/illnesses)/Derived hours]*200,000.

Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a derived number based on reported payroll to the WSIB and may not match the exact number of employees for a business. The intent of the measure is to measure the proportion of covered workers who had a lost time claim.
No lost time injury (NLTI) rateNumber of allowed no lost-time injuries/illnesses per 100 derived full-time equivalent (FTE) workers for the injury year specified, where 100 FTE = 200,000 derived hours. [(No lost-time injuries/illnesses)/Derived hours]*200,000

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) is a derived number based on reported payroll to the WSIB and may not match the exact number of employees for a business. The intent of the measure is to measure the proportion of covered workers who had a no lost time claim.
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Injury characteristics/detailsMost workers’ compensation boards and commissions in Canada code the injury details of a claim using the National Work Injuries Statistics Program coding standard. This standard is based on the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z795-96 codes which allow for more detailed coding of injury details. The WSIB adheres to this standard and codes all lost time claims using four categories: nature of injury, event, source, and part of body.
Injury eventThe injury event (code and description) describes the manner in which the injury/disease was produced/inflicted and is based on the National Work Injuries Statistics Program (NWISP) coding standard (NWIS). This standard is based on the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z795-96 codes which allow for more detailed coding injury details.
Injury event – category/subcategoryA major grouping for injury events that are based on the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z795-96 codes which allow for more detailed coding injury details.
Nature of injuryThe nature of injury or disease (code and description) describes the principal physical characteristics(s) of the injury or disease. The principal physical characteristics of an injury/disease and based on the National Work Injuries Statistics Program (NWISP) coding standard (NWIS). This standard is based on the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z795-96 Coding of Work Injury or Disease Information coding standard which allow for more detailed coding injury details.
Nature of injury – categoryA major grouping for nature of injury that is based on the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z795-96 codes which allow for more detailed coding injury details.
OccupationOccupation code and description based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) standard.
Occupation – category/subcategoryA major grouping of occupations that are coded based on National Occupational Classification standards.
Part of bodyThe injured/disease part of body (code and description) affected by an injury/disease and is directly linked to the nature of injury/disease which is based on the National Work Injuries Statistics Program (NWISP) coding standard (NWIS). This standard is based on the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z795-96 codes which allow for more detailed coding injury details.
Part of body – category/subcategoryA major grouping for part of body that are based on the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z795-96 codes which allow for more detailed coding injury details.
Source of injuryThe object, substance, exposure or bodily motion (code and description) that directly produced or inflicted the injury/disease identified under Nature of Injury and is based on the National Work Injuries Statistics Program (NWISP) coding standard (NWIS). This standard is based on the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z795-96 codes which allow for more detailed coding injury details.
Source of injury - category/subcategoryA major grouping for Source of Injury that are based on the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z795-96 codes which allow for more detailed coding injury details.
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Data maturityData continues to be revised after the year has concluded as additional claims are reported and decisions on complex claims are made. The revision of data after the year has concluded is called "maturing". All data contained in this tool is matured until the "Data as of" date on the screen. For example, the tool will be refreshed with data up to and including July around the last week of August. For further details please see our FAQ on "How often is the information updated?"
Lost time claims receiving wage loss benefits at 12 or 24 monthsThe percentage of injured or ill people that continue to receive loss of earnings benefits at the specified time period post injury/illness.
Report yearThe year in which the claim has reached the specified duration (12 or 24 months) i.e. 2020 allowed lost time claim - 2021 is the report year for 12 months injury duration.
TermsDefinition
Benefit payment yearThe year in which benefit payments were made. For schedule 1 employers, capitalized (CAP) values for survivors’ benefits, worker’s pension, pension supplement, FEL award, FEL supplement, or NEL award is charged to the firm in the year it was awarded whether it is paid to the person in a lump sum or on a monthly basis.
Benefit paymentsPayments made to or on behalf of injured and ill people. Includes loss of Earnings (LOE), workers’ pension, health care, future economic loss (FEL), survivor benefits, external providers and non-economic loss. Excludes benefit liabilities, claim administration costs and covered by advances.
Health care benefitsPayments made on behalf of an injured or ill person for professional services provided by health care practitioners, hospitals and health facilities as well as the cost of drugs, attendant services, home or vehicle modifications, assistive devices and prostheses, extraordinary transportation costs to obtain health care and other measures to help with independent living and to improve the quality of an injured or ill person's life.
Loss of earnings (LOE) benefitsWage loss benefits for time lost from work due to a work-related injury or illness occurring on or after January 1, 1998. The WSIB bases this benefit on 85 per cent of the injured workers take-home pay, up to an annual maximum.
Other benefits (Safety Check)External provider payments for work reintegration program – These are payments associated with the reintegration program and represent payments to external agencies providing rehabilitation services, such as training programs to assist an injured person's return to work and the costs of work transition assessment and plans, in the case of injured people not returning to work with the pre-injury employer.

Future economic loss (FEL) - Compensation to someone, who was injured after January 1, 1990 and prior to January 1, 1998 and suffers a workplace injury resulting in a permanent impairment or temporary disability for 12 continuous months.

Non-economic loss (NEL) - Compensation paid to someone who suffers a permanent impairment as a result of an injury or illness that occurred after January 1, 1990 and is based on two factors - the severity of the permanent impairment and the age of the person. All injury/illness types (lost time and no lost time) are included in this measure. Non-economic loss cannot be assessed until a person has reached maximum medical recovery (MMR). As such NEL awards are typically awarded within three years of incident.

Other benefits – Payments made to or on behalf of injured and ill people. Includes situation payments such as temporary total and temporary partial for Bill 162 claims (accident dates between January 2, 1990 and December 31, 1997) and pre-1990 claims.

Survivor benefit payment – Benefit payments provided to a spouse, dependent children and other dependents when an injured person suffers a fatality in the workplace or as a result of an occupational disease. Benefits include lump sum payments, monthly payments, and bereavement counselling and burial expenses.

Worker’s pension benefit payment – Pensions for injured people suffering a workplace injury prior to January 1, 1990 based on the degree of the injured person's permanent disability.
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COVID-19 claimIdentifies a claim for which a decision is being made related to COVID-19, where COVID-19 is the initial nature of injury.
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