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Bayesian decision support for coding occupational injury data.

Gaurav Nanda1, Kathleen M Grattan2, MyDzung T Chu2

  • 1School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 315 N. Grant Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2023, USA.

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This study introduces a Bayesian system to improve occupational injury data coding. The system achieves comparable accuracy to manual methods while reducing the need for extensive manual review, making data coding more efficient.

Keywords:
Bayesian modelsDecision support systemNarrative analysisOccupational injuryText classification

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  • Data Science
  • Machine Learning

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  • Machine learning algorithms struggle with rare categories in injury data autocoding.
  • Manual coding is resource-intensive but necessary for accuracy.
  • Accurate occupational injury data is crucial for workplace safety surveillance and prevention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a Bayesian decision support system for autocoding occupational injury data.
  • To reduce the burden of manual coding while maintaining data accuracy.
  • To assist human coders by providing top predictions and performance metrics.

Main Methods:

  • Evaluated Single-Word (SW) and Two-Word-Sequence (TW) Naïve Bayes models on 2011 Survey of Occupational Injury and Illness (SOII) data.
  • Utilized model agreement and prediction strength thresholds for autocoding and filtering.
  • Assessed the sensitivity of top k predictions and compared system accuracy against manual coding.

Main Results:

  • The proposed system achieved an estimated accuracy of 86.5%, comparable to original manual coding (73%-86.8%).
  • The Two-Word-Sequence (TW) model demonstrated higher sensitivity than the Single-Word (SW) model.
  • Accuracy improved with model agreement and higher prediction thresholds; top five predictions had 93% sensitivity.

Conclusions:

  • The Bayesian decision support system shows promise for efficient and accurate occupational injury data coding.
  • The system offers comparable accuracy to manual methods with a significant reduction in manual coding effort.