Methods for Using Narrative Text from Injury Reports to Identify Factors Contributing to Construction Injury

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• Personal Author:
  Bondy J ; Glazner JE ; Guarini K ; Lipscomb H
• Description:
  Several methods exist for classifying injuries from written text, thereby identifying possible points of intervention. We describe an innovative method for such classification. Using Haddon's matrix as a framework, two independent reviewers coded text from over 4,000 injury reports into a qualitative software package to identify factors contributing to injuries sustained during construction of Denver International Airport (DIA). We compared our classification scheme with three others. This process created a coded data set, an expanded version of Haddon's matrix adapted for construction injury, and coding rules for interpreting narrative text. Haddon's matrix provides a flexible theoretical framework for coding information about a spectrum of contributing factors. Narrative descriptions from injury reports can provide detail on circumstances surrounding injuries and identify factors contributing to injury. Forms guiding investigators to explicitly consider human, organizational, and environmental factors could foster more complete descriptions of factors contributing to construction injury. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Aircraft Construction Industry Environmental Health Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-statistics Accidents Airport-personnel Airports Author Keywords: Construction Injury Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Environmental-factors Etiology Injuries Injury Classification Schemes Injury Etiology Occupational-accidents Risk-factors Text Analysis

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  373-380
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029234
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2005 Nov; 48(5):373-380
• Contact Point Address:
  Jessica Bondy, Department of Preventive Medicine, Campus Box B119, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E. Ninth Aven ue, Denver, CO 80262
• Email:
  Jessica.Bondy@UCHSC.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Surveillance Research Methods
• Performing Organization:
  University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20000901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20040831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d6a9cb79c5196fdfbd1b184159d241eb59f4163cc7f73cdde9d9a24b6cf23de65b22cfb57b29473f2ad5691a40adf86667f8696b0fdc739cef51e5c40943db77
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190267/cdc_190267_DS1.pdf
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