title: Developing Surveillance Methodology for Agricultural and Logging Injury in New Hampshire Using Electronic Administrative Data Sets.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: From the Northeast Center for Occupational Health in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (Ms Scott, Ms Hirabayashi, and Dr Sorensen), NIOSH AgFF Center; and Bassett Research Institute (Ms Krupa and Dr Jenkins), Bassett Healthcare Network, Cooperstown, NY.
authors.forename: Erika E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Liane
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: Nicole L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Krupa
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sorensen
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Jenkins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D016468:Forestry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009513:New Hampshire; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012306:Risk