[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 133 (Friday, July 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37297-37298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18280]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed revision of the Survey of Occupational Injuries
and Illnesses.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the addressee
section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before September 9, 1997. The Bureau of
Labor Statistics is particularly interested in comments which:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Karin G. Kurz, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 3255,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20212. Ms. Kurz can be
reached on 202-606-7628 (this is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 24(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
requires the Secretary of Labor to develop and maintain an effective
program of collection, compilation, and analysis of statistics on
occupational injuries and illnesses. The Commissioner of Labor
Statistics has been delegated the responsibility for ``Furthering the
purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act by developing and
maintaining an effective program of collection, compilation, analysis
and
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publication of occupational safety and health statistics.'' The Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS) fulfills this responsibility, in part, by
conducting the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in
conjunction with participating State statistical agencies. The BLS
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses provides the nation's
primary indicator of the progress towards achieving the goal of safer
and healthier workplaces. The survey produces the overall rate of
occurrence of work injuries and illnesses by industry which can be
compared to prior years to produce measures of the rate of change.
These data are used to improve safety and health programs and measure
the change in work-related injuries and illnesses.
II. Current Actions
OMB clearance is being sought for the upcoming Survey of
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses which will include a reduction in
the sample. Approximately 230,000 establishments will be surveyed
annually. The clearance will include survey prenotification materials
for employers who are normally exempt from recording injuries and
illnesses.
Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
OMB Number: 1220-0045.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions; farms; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Frequency: Annually.
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Estimated time Estimated
Form Total respondents Total responses per response total burden
(hour) hours
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BLS 9300.......................... 230,000 230,000 .83 190,625
Prenotification Package........... 150,000 out of 150,000 out of .11 16,666
230,000 230,000
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Totals........................ 230,000 230,000 .90 207,291
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 7th day of July, 1997.
Rebecca S. Kraus,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 97-18280 Filed 7-10-97; 8:45 am]
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