Developing surveillance methodology for agricultural and logging injury in New Hampshire using electronic administrative data sets

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• Personal Author:
  Hirabayashi L ; Jenkins PL ; Krupa NL ; Scott EE ; Sorensen JA
• Description:
  Objective: Agriculture and logging rank among industries with the highest rates of occupational fatality and injury. Establishing a nonfatal injury surveillance system is a top priority in the National Occupational Research Agenda. Sources of data such as patient care reports (PCRs) and hospitalization data have recently transitioned to electronic databases. Methods: Using narrative and location codes from PCRs, along with International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, external cause of injury codes (E-codes) in hospital data, researchers are designing a surveillance system to track farm and logging injury. Results: A total of 357 true agricultural or logging cases were identified. Conclusions: These data indicate that it is possible to identify agricultural and logging injury events in PCR and hospital data. Multiple data sources increase catchment; nevertheless, limitations in methods of identification of agricultural and logging injury contribute to the likely undercount of injury events. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Forestry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Forestry Workers Injuries Logging Workers Surveillance Programs
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; New York ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046567
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2015 Aug; 57(8):866-872
• Contact Point Address:
  Erika E. Scott, MS, NYCAMH/NEC, One Atwell Rd, Cooperstown, NY 13326
• Email:
  erika.scott@bassett.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20270831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:52e64777f721de6bf337a6f3fcb925b2f9ffd7e587856fa2eb115d5ad397806cba354f7ee36d39774c741f8dbada2f4d3f2680b66bf32330427f00bf3f8d6ce6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201581/cdc_201581_DS1.pdf
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