New York Workers' Compensation Claims Since 2000

2000 onward, this dataset contains records of assembled workers' compensation claims in New York State. It is administered by the New York State Workers' Compensation Board and includes details on injury, claimant demographics, claim processing, and adjudication events. The data covers claims where an injured worker lost more than one week of work, had a serious injury, or where the claim was disputed.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Age at Injury, Gender, and Industry Code Description on claim duration or Current Claim Status.
• Predict the WCIO Nature of Injury Code using features like OIICS Event Exposure Description and OIICS Part Of Body Code.
• Model temporal patterns in claim assembly using Assembly Date, C-2 Date, and Controverted Date columns.
• Assess geographic disparities in claims using County of Injury and Medical Fee Region columns.
• Investigate the impact of COVID-19 Indicator on claim characteristics and processing timelines.

Strengths

• Includes claims data from 2000 onward, providing over two decades of temporal coverage.
• Contains over 30 detailed columns covering injury cause, body part, claim status, and adjudication events.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count prevents assessment of statistical power for modeling.
• Data is specific to New York State, limiting generalizability to other regions.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing verification of data quality and distributions.

Provenance

Source

New York State Workers' Compensation Board via data.ny.gov.

Collection Method

Administrative records from claim assembly and adjudication processes.

Time Range

Beginning 2000.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-23.

Geography

New York State, United States.