FIELD LAYOUT FOR DEATH CERTIFICATE, INCIDENT
INVESTIGATION, REPORTED INCIDENTS AND NEISS
FILES
The following is the field layout for the INDP (Incident Investigations) file:
FIELD POSITION AND FIELD NAME
LENGTH
Task Number (nnnnnnaaannnn)
Date of Accident (yyyymmdd)
Precision of the Date of the Incident
Body Part
Diagnosis
Disposition
Location
Age
Sex
City
State
Narrative 1
.
.
.
Narrative 12
Product 1
Product 2
Source Document Number (annnnnnna)
Date Entered (yyyymmdd)
Type
Status
Source
13
8
1
2
2
1
1
3
1
30
2
69
.
.
.
69
4
4
12
8
1
1
2
The following is the field layout for the IPII (Reported Incidents) file:
FIELD POSITION AND FIELD NAME
LENGTH
Document Number (annnnnnna)
Age
Date Entered (yyyymmdd)
Date of Injury (yyyymmdd)
Precision of the Date of the Incident
Date Received (yyyymmdd)
State
City
Confirmed
Hazard Type
Disposition
Sex
Type of Contact
Number of Victims
Work Related
Product 1
Year Acquired 1
Product 2
Year Acquired 2
Narrative 1
Narrative 2
Narrative 3
Narrative 4
Task Number
9
3
8
8
1
8
2
30
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
4
4
4
4
69
69
69
69
13
The following is the field layout for the DTHS (Death Certificate) file:
FIELD POSITION AND FIELD NAME
LENGTH
Document Number
Age
Date of Accident (yyyymmdd)
Date of Death (yyyymmdd)
Date Entered (yyyymmdd)
Ecode
Location
Lotnum
Race
Sex
State
City
Work Related
Product 1
Product 2
Narrative 1
Narrative 2
Narrative 3
Narrative 4
ICD Code 10
Injury State
Injury City
12
3
8
8
8
4
1
5
1
1
2
30
1
4
4
69
69
69
69
4
2
30
The following is the field layout for the NEISS (National Electronic Injury
Surveillance System) file:
FIELD POSITION AND FIELD NAME
NEISS Key (NEK)
Age
Body part
Diagnosis
Disposition
Fire/Motor Vehicle Involvement
Location
Work Related?
Product 3
Date of Treatment (yyyymmdd)
Weight **
Sex
Product 1
Product 2
Narrative 1
Narrative 2
Race
Race Other
Diagnosis Other
LENGTH
9
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
8
7.4
1
4
4
71
71
1
15
20
NOTE: There is an implied decimal point in the weight value. If using SAS,
use an informat of 7.4. If using some other program, divide the value by
10,000 to get the case weight.