NFIRS 5.0 Element: ‘Injury Date Time’
Definition : The date (mm/dd/yyyy) when the injury occurred and The time of day, using the 24-hour clock, when the injury occurred. Midnight is 0000 and signifies the start of a new day.
Purpose : This information is sometimes needed for legal or insurance purposes. It is most frequently used to analyze the time of day fatalities occur for different types of incidents.
Entry : Enter the month, day, and year when the injury occurred (mm/dd/yyyy) and Enter as closely as possible the time when the injury occurred using the 24-hour clock (i.e., 0000–2359). This could be before or after the alarm time shown on the Basic Module.
Element Specification
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Requirement | Optional |
| Expected Length | 12 |
| Element Type | Numeric – Integer numbers (no decimal points). If the user has not provided information, an empty field should be transmitted. All integer values are assumed to be positive. Any fields which allow a negative integer value have been denoted with ‘+ or –’ in the comment field. Negative numbers should be transmitted with the minus sign preceding the digits. – – Date and Time |
Topic: NFIRS