Work coding: beyond SIC and SOC, BOC and DOT

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• Personal Author:
  Harber P ; Miller G ; Smitherman J
• Description:
  The structure and function of occupational coding schemes were described and discussed. Coding schemes included Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), Chemical Abstract Service (CAS), International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Bureau of Census (BOC), and Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Coding schemes were compared with the manner in which health professionals implicitly organize their knowledge. The manner in which work related information was encoded naturally was investigated using a collection of empiric phase associations, and analysis of written information contained in the NIOSHTIC abstract database. Several differences were revealed between traditional coding methods and actual knowledge. Traditional coding schemes for occupational health related factors were structured similarly as hierarchical, exclusive, and exhaustive systems. Each was limited to information of one particular type and thus the relationships implicit in the coding scheme were limited. The natural coding schemes used by occupational health professionals did not share these characteristics but were more akin to semantic network data bases. The authors conclude that the currently used schemes perform relatively poorly in comparison and that attention to their basic design is warranted. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Epidemiology Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Industrial-exposures Information-processing Information-systems JOCMA7 NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Occupations
• ISSN:
  0096-1736
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  33
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00203861
• Citation:
  J Occup Med 1991 Dec; 33(12):1274-1280
• Contact Point Address:
  Medicine University of California School of Medicine Los Angeles, Calif 90024
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• NORA Priority Area:
  Respirators Research
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19840801
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Medicine
• End Date:
  19970331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4e4e7f43f4e99e373cf579b6afaa80152dc3365185969d97a3b4cd8be42bf8d3e648289a9dc0732a614f20150f93526cc9873a2146fc334897270024cae246f4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205890/cdc_205890_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.15 MB ]