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GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS |
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AB |
Alberta |
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AWCBC |
Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada |
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BC |
British Columbia |
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COR |
Certificate of Recognition (Alberta) |
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CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
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CPP |
Canada Pension Plan |
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CSST |
Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (Quebec's Workers' Compensation Board) |
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CTS |
Carpal Tunnel Syndrom |
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CWIS |
Canadian Work Injury Standard. Used for NWISP data prior to 1997. |
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EEL |
Extended Earnings Loss (New Brunswick) |
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EERB |
Extended Earnings Replacement Benefit (Nova Scotia) |
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EI |
Employment Income (Government of Canada) |
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ELP |
Economic Loss Payment (Alberta) |
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FEL |
Future Economic Loss (Ontario) |
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IJA |
Interjurisdictional Agreement |
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IR |
Indicator Ratio (AWCBC initiative) |
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KSM |
Key Statistical Measure (AWCBC initiative) |
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LATMP |
Loi sur les accidents du travail et les maladies professionnelles (Qubec's Act Respecting Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases) |
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LOE |
Loss of Earnings |
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LTD |
Long-Term Disability (New Brunswick) |
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LTI |
Lost-time Injury |
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MB |
Manitoba |
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MF |
Modified Friedland index (Ontario) |
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MMR |
Maximum Medical Recovery (Ontario) |
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MSI |
Musculoskeletal injury |
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MWR |
Maximum Wage Rate (Yukon) |
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N/A |
Not Applicable or Not Available |
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NAICS |
North American Industry Classification System |
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NB |
New Brunswick |
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NBIAE |
New Brunswick Industrial Aggregate Earnings (New Brunswick) |
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NEL |
Non-Economic Loss (Ontario) |
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NELP |
Non-Economic Loss Payment (Alberta) |
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NIC |
Newfoundland Industrial Classification Codes |
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NL |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
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NOC |
National Occupational Classification (HRSDC and Statistics Canada) |
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NS |
Nova Scotia |
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NT/NU |
Northwest Territories / Nunavut |
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NWISP |
National Work Injury/Disease and Fatality Statistics Program (AWCBC initiative) |
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OH&S |
Occupational Health and Safety |
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ON |
Ontario |
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PE |
Prince Edward Island |
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PFI |
Permanent Functional Impairment (Newfoundland and Saskatchewan) |
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PIB |
Permanent Impairment Benefit (Nova Scotia) |
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PIR |
Partners in Injury Reduction (Alberta) |
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PMI |
Permanent Medical Impairment (Nova Scotia) |
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PPD |
Permanent partial disability |
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PPI |
Permanent Partial Impairment (Manitoba) or Permanent Physical Impairment (New Brunswick) |
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PTD |
Permanent total disability |
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QC |
Quebec |
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QPP |
Québec Pension Plan |
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RSI |
Repetitive Strain Injury |
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RTW |
Return to Work |
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SI |
Self Insured |
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SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification (Statistics Canada) |
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SK |
Saskatchewan |
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TPD |
Temporary partial disability |
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TTD |
Temporary total loss of wages (disability) payments |
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U/A |
Unavailable |
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WC |
Workers' Compensation |
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WCA |
Workers' Compensation Act |
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WCB |
Workers' Compensation Board |
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WCAT |
Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal (PEI) |
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WHMIS |
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System |
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WHSCC |
Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission (WCB of Newfoundland and Labrador) |
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WMSD |
Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders |
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WSCC |
Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission (WCB of Northwest Territories/Nunavut) |
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WSIA |
Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (Ontario) |
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WSIB |
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WCB of Ontario) |
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YT |
Yukon |
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YWCHSB |
Yukon Workers' Compensation Health & Safety Board (WCB of Yukon) |
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Z795 |
NWISP coding standard for nature and source of injury/disease, part of body and event variables. |
