Injury characteristics/details | Most 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 event | The 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/subcategory | A 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 injury | The 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 – category | A 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. |
Occupation | Occupation code and description based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) standard. |
Occupation – category/subcategory | A major grouping of occupations that are coded based on National Occupational Classification standards. |
Part of body | The 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/subcategory | A 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 injury | The 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/subcategory | A 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. |