statistics 2004 w orkers compensation board of bc work related death injury illness and disease are not should be inevitable acceptable costs doing business david anderson president ceo workers working to make a difference introduction 1 this report on is published annually as complement the operational financial reviews covered in annual wcb contains three key areas operation claims assessments prevention information provides both general overview system trends statistical indicators allow for valid comparisons format tables exhibits has been kept consistent possible with that used previous editions february 2000 revised it uses classify employers into classes subclasses industry administrative purposes now known sectors subsectors when new classifi cation structure was introduced historical records were converted therefore
