Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
88
|
|---|---|---|
| 00 | NIU | X |
| 02 | Live animals, insects, birds, or reptiles | X |
| 04 | Bodily motion (no lifting, pulling, or pushing) | X |
| 05 | Boilers or pressure vessels | X |
| 06 | Boxes, barrels, containers, or packages | X |
| 07 | Buildings and structure | X |
| 08 | Ceramic items | X |
| 09 | Chemical compunds | X |
| 10 | Clothing, apparel, or shoes | X |
| 11 | Coal and petroleum | X |
| 12 | Cold environment | X |
| 13 | Conveyors | X |
| 14 | Drugs and medicines | X |
| 15 | Electric apparatus | X |
| 17 | Flame, fire, or smoke | X |
| 19 | Furniture | X |
| 20 | Glass items | X |
| 21 | Hand tools (unknown if powered or not) | X |
| 22 | Hand tools (not powered) | X |
| 23 | Hand tools (powered) | X |
| 25 | Heating equipment | X |
| 28 | Ladders (fixed or portable) | X |
| 29 | Liquids | X |
| 30 | Machines | X |
| 40 | Mechanical power transmission apparatus | X |
| Code | Label |
88
|
| 41 | Metal items | X |
| 43 | Mineral items (non-metallic) | X |
| 45 | Paper and pulp items | X |
| 46 | Particles (unidentified) | X |
| 47 | Plants, trees, vegetation | X |
| 48 | Plastic items | X |
| 49 | Pumps and prime movers | X |
| 50 | Radiating substances and equipment | X |
| 53 | Scrap, debris, or waste materials | X |
| 56 | Vehicles | X |
| 57 | Wood items | X |
| 58 | Working surfaces | X |
| 60 | Person (including injured person) | X |
| 62 | Rubber products | X |
| 98 | Unclassified or no source of injury reported | X |
| 99 | Unknown | X |
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Description
For sample persons aged 18 and older who worked at a civilian job last year and who had at least two on-the-job injuries last year resulting in medical attention beyond minor first aid, OR inability to do some work activities, OR loss of consciousness, OR transfer to another job, WI2HOW reports the physical agent that caused the second injury.
Please refer to [insert link] for more detailed information on how the injury happened.
This variable was included in the 1988 Occupational Health supplement.
Universe
- 1988: Sample persons aged 18+ who worked last year at a civilian job and had at least two work-related injuries in the past 12 months
Availability
- 1988
Weights
- 1988 : SUPP2WT
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