OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SAFETY NETWORK (OHSN)

Standard Data Elements

The following data elements are required for participation in the OHSN HCP Traumatic Injury Module:

• Information about the worker involved in the event

  • Age (or year of birth)
  • Occupation category
  • Employee type (on healthcare facility payroll vs. contractor)

• General event/incident information

• Event ID
• Event date
• Event location
• Event type
• Injury/illness severity (OSHA reportable?)

• Supplemental information for slip, trip, or fall (STF) events

  • Primary hazard contributing to STF

• Supplemental information for workplace violence (WPV) events

  • Perpetrator’s possible cause (contributing factor) of WPV

• Supplemental information for patient handling movement (PHM) events

  • Work activity at time of PHM event

Standard Value Sets

We have worked with stakeholders to develop standard value sets (lists of response options) for each of these data elements.
OHSN Data Elements and Value Sets

Denominator Data

Denominator data for each facility are available from the American Hospital Association annual survey. These data can be updated by each facility in the OHSN system as needed.

• Number of employees in each occupation category
• Number of beds
• Number of annual admissions