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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Safety Res. 2017 Jul 4;62:217–225. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2017.06.017
# Variable Information

Decedent characteristics
1 Case Type (NIOSH or State) N = NIOSH
S = State
2 Record ID
3 State Two letter abbreviation
4 Age In years
5 Gender 1. Male
2. Female
6 Race/ethnicity 1. White,non-Hispanic
2. Black, non-Hispanic
3. Hispanic
4. Asian
5. NativeAmerican
6. Other
7. Unknown/notreported
7 Foreign-born (FB) 1. Yes
2. No
3. Unknown/not reported
8 Occupation (OCCUP) 1990 Census Code
9 Employee status (ES) 1. Wage-and-salary
2. Self-employed
3. Family business
4. Volunteer
5. Not reported
10 Time with employer (TWEY) Years
Months
Days
Employer characteristics
11 Industry (SIC) SIC
12 Ownership (OWNER) 1. Federal government
2. State government
3. Local government
4. Foreign government
5. Other government
6. Private ownership
13 Time: employer has been in business (TEIB) In years
14 Establishmentsize (SIZE) Number of employees
15 Written safety plan/program/procedure (WSP) 1. Yes
2. No
3. Unknown/not reported
16 Provide job training (PJT) 1. Yes
2. No
3. Unknown/not reported
Injury/incident
17 Injury date Month (IM)
Day (ID)
Year(IY)
18 Nature of injury (NOI) OIICS 2007
19 Part of body (POB) OIICS 2007
20 Source of injury (SOI) OIICS 2007
21 Event or exposure (EOE) OIICS 2007
22 Activity 1. Vehicular & transportation operations
2. Using/operating tools, machinery
3. Constructing, repairing, cleaning
4. Materials handling
5. Physical activities, n.e.c.
6. Unknown/Not reported
23 Height of fall (Fall_feet) In feet
Environment
24 Location 1. Nonresidential construction site
2. Residential construction site
3. Home (home/apartment/ farmhouse/n.e.c.)
4. Industrial places & premises
5. Road construction site
6. Public building
7. Street &highway
8. Parking lot, garage
9. Other, n.e.c.
10. Unknown/not reported
25 Number of workers injured in the event (excludingdecedent) (NOWIIE) Number of employees
26 With SAFETY EQUIPMENT (WSE) 1. Yes
2. No
3. Unknown/not reported
27 Whatprotection (e.g., fallprotection) (WP) Protection type
28 Fall protection (PFAS) 1. Present and in use
2. Present but not in use
3. Not present
4. Unknown/not reported
FACE report recommendations
29 Report recommendations See Appendix B
30 PFAS recommended (PFAS_Rec) 1. Yes
2. No