Analyzing WCB Injury Rate Data

How to properly analyze and interpret Alberta injury rate data

On October 01, 2010, the Alberta Government publically released workplace injury & fatality records. This made the Province the first in Canada to release a comprehensive list.  Anyone can now access information about worksite injuries and fatalities involving more than 140,000 employers insured by the Workers Compensation Board (WCB).

Information for each employer includes:

• number of lost-time claims
• estimated number of employees
• lost-time claim rate
• number of fatalities
• if the employer holds a Certificate of Recognition, and
• industry and province-wide lost-time claim rates for comparison purposes.

As may be expected, the release of this information has generated a great deal of interest. People are naturally interested in knowing:

• whether trends exist in the data, that is whether injury and fatality rates for organizations or industries are getting better or worse, and
• whether some organizations or industries perform better than others.

To assist clients in properly analyzing this data Converge has prepared a White Paper: Analyzing WCB Injury Rate Data. <= Click on the link to download a pdf version of this paper.