DWC COVID-19 Claims Data
The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), Workers’ Compensation Information System (WCIS) has been collecting First Reports of Injury (FROI) and Subsequent Reports of Injury (SROI) submitted electronically by claims administrators and their trading partners using the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) FROI/SROI Release 1.0 standard since 2000. The numbers reflect the WCIS database information as of the run date of the report.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "Division of Workers Compensation",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:WCIS@dir.ca.gov"
}
|
| description | The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), Workers’ Compensation Information System (WCIS) has been collecting First Reports of Injury (FROI) and Subsequent Reports of Injury (SROI) submitted electronically by claims administrators and their trading partners using the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) FROI/SROI Release 1.0 standard since 2000. The numbers reflect the WCIS database information as of the run date of the report. |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "All claims Vs. COVID-19 claims",
"format": "CSV",
"mediaType": "text/csv",
"describedBy": "https://data.ca.gov/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=747afc27-a914-4f5f-9032-c462e9b7abb8&limit=0",
"description": "All claims include all types of workers’ compensation claims and occupational diseases with a first report of injury reported to WCIS.
A denied claim is defined as any claim that reports a value of 04 Denial for data element Number 02 Maintenance Type Code as defined in IAIABC Release 1.0 guide and California EDI Implementation Guide for the First and Second Reports of Injury (FROI/SROI) Version 3.1.",
"downloadURL": "https://data.ca.gov/dataset/8f5f0309-18bd-46a3-a39c-ed58f132d884/resource/747afc27-a914-4f5f-9032-c462e9b7abb8/download/tab1_froi_denials_vs_covid19_06aug25.csv",
"describedByType": "application/json"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "COVID-19 Cases by Injured Workers' Age Group",
"format": "CSV",
"mediaType": "text/csv",
"describedBy": "https://data.ca.gov/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=7a3f559f-bea5-4c63-8f7c-070771f6abd8&limit=0",
"description": "Age of injured workers is computed through data element Number 31 Data of Injury and data element Number 52 Date of Birth defined in IAIABC Release1.0 guide and California EDI Implementation Guide for First and Subsequent Reports of Injury (FROI/SROI) Version 3.1.
The count of COVID-19 claims are the number of employees who have been reported with COVID-19 related cause or nature of injury in the counting month and year.",
"downloadURL": "https://data.ca.gov/dataset/8f5f0309-18bd-46a3-a39c-ed58f132d884/resource/7a3f559f-bea5-4c63-8f7c-070771f6abd8/download/tab2_covid_claims_by_age_06aug25.csv",
"describedByType": "application/json"
}
]
|
| identifier | 8f5f0309-18bd-46a3-a39c-ed58f132d884 |
| issued | 2020-09-09T17:55:18.067400 |
| keyword |
[
"COVID-19",
"Coronavirus",
"Covid",
"Covid-19",
"Covid19",
"DWC"
]
|
| modified | 2025-08-12T16:13:05.575684 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "California Department of Industrial Relations",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| theme |
[
"COVID-19"
]
|
| title | DWC COVID-19 Claims Data |
