use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
my %records;
my $state;   # UPDATE - Added this!
while(<DATA>){
   my @fields = split;  # and added 'my'
   if ($fields[5] =~ /(OWNER|WAITING)/) {
      $state = $1;
   } else {
      push@{$records{$fields[1]}{$state}}, 
              {
                USER     => $fields[5],
                FILENAME => $fields[0],
                PID      => $fields[6],
                TIME     => $fields[9], 
                DATE     => "$fields[10] $fields[11]", 
                ELAPSED => []
              };
   }
}
print Dumper(%records);