Dominica
Organization responsible for the statistics
Dominica Social Security.
Periodicity
Annual.
Source
Reports of occupational injuries submitted to the Dominica Social
Security.
Objectives and users
For records and planning purposes, and for publication in the
Annual Report.
Major users:
Dominica Social Security, actuaries, planners and academics.
Coverage
Persons:
All persons employed, both full- and part-time workers.
32,159 persons are covered.
Economic activities:
All economic activities and sectors.
Geographic areas:
All areas.
Only injuries occurring to persons injured and resident in
Dominica are covered.
Establishments:
All types and sizes of establishments.
Types of occupational accidents covered
The statistics cover compensated injuries due to all types of
occupational accidents.
Statistics of occupational diseases are
also compiled, and published along with the statistics on
occupational injuries.
Commuting accidents are only included if the person was
travelling in a vehicle provided by his employer.
Concepts and definitions
Occupational accident:
an accident arising out of and in the course of insurable
employment.
Occupational injury:
personal injury or a prescribed disease arising out of and in
the course of insurable employment.
Commuting accident:
an accident happening while an employee is with the express or
implied permission of his employer travelling as a passenger by
any vehicle to or from his place of work, provided that the
vehicle is being operated by or on behalf of his employer and is
not being operated in the ordinary course of public transport
service.
Worktime lost because of occupational injuries:
the period of incapacity covered by medical certificates
exceeding three days but not more than 26 weeks from the date of
injury.
Fatal occupational injury:
an injury resulting in the death of the insured person.
Temporary incapacity to work:
incapacity which does not last beyond 26 weeks from the date
of the accident.
Disablement injury:
an accident resulting in the loss of physical or mental
faculty, causing disablement assessed at not less than one per
cent, in respect of which a final assessment has been made.
Minimum period of absence from work:
four days.
Maximum period for death to be considered a fatal occupational injury:
none.
Types of information compiled
(a) personal characteristics of persons injured:
age, sex;
(b) amount of worktime lost:
none;
(c) characteristics of accidents:
time; location of the insured person at the time of the accident;
(d) characteristics of injuries:
none;
(e) characteristics of employers or workplaces:
economic activity.
Measurement of worktime lost
Worktime lost is measured in workdays, only for occupational
injuries causing temporary incapacity to work.
Temporary absences from work for medical treatment are not
counted as worktime lost.
Classifications
(a) fatal or non-fatal accidents:
none;
(b) extent of disability:
none;
(c) economic activity;
(d) occupation:
none;
(e) type of injury;
(f) cause of accident:
none;
(g) duration of absence from work:
none;
(h) characteristics of workers:
age, sex;
(i) characteristics of accidents;
(j) characteristics of employers or workplaces;
Crossclassifications:
none.
Reference period
One year and one month.
An injury is included in the statistics for the period (year
or month) in which the claim was submitted.
Worktime lost is recorded in the statistics for the period
(year or month) in which the claim was submitted.
Estimates
Totals of persons injured and workdays lost.
Percentage distributions by economic activity.
Historical background of the series
The statistics were first compiled in 1986.
Documentation
Series available:
No standard tables are published; information on occupational
injuries is included in the publications of the Dominica Social
Security.
Bibliographic references:
Information about occupational injuries is published in:
Dominica Social Security: Annual Report
.
Data published by ILO:
The following data for 1991 and 1992 have been supplied to the
ILO for publication in the Yearbook of Labour Statistics
,
relating to compensated injuries according to major division of
economic activity: number of persons fatally injured, number of
persons injured with lost workdays, total of these two groups.
Confidentiality:
There are no restrictions on the publication or release of the
data.
International standards
The current international statistical standards and guidelines
were taken into account when the systems for statistics of
occupational injuries was established.
Method of data collection
Legislation:
Regulation 45-62 of the Social Security (Benefits) Regulations.
Claims should be submitted within four days of the accident.
Reporting:
The injured person or his employer submits the injury report to
the Director of the Dominica Social Security, using a standard
form.
Data reported:
The forms consists of the following information:
- information about the person injured: name, address, social
security number, date of birth, sex, occupation, earnings;
- information about the employer or place of work: name,
address, economic activity;
- information about the accident: date, time and place of
accident; brief description of the cause of the accident; work
performed at the time of the accident; machine being operated (if
any);
- information about the injury: nature of injury.
Changes planned:
none.
Additional information
Some information on occupational injuries is also collected by
the Safety Inspectors, as provided for by the Employment Safety
Act No. 3 of 1983.