[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 6261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3332]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-28]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Office on (404) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
    The following request has been submitted for review since the last 
publication date on February 4, 1997.

Proposed Project

    1. Biomechanical Stress Control in Drywall Installation--New-
Drywall installers represented approximately 1.42% of the construction 
workforce in 1992. Based on analysis of the Supplementary Data System 
(BLS) of 21 states, the compensable injury/incidence rate (27.5 cases 
per 100 workers for this group) was nearly three times the injury rate 
of 9.5 for all other construction occupations combined, in 1987. Data 
from the 1992 and 1993 Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and 
Illnesses (BLS) indicated that there were an estimated 4,680 traumatic 
injuries among drywall installers involving days away from work in the 
construction industry in 1992, and 4,122 in 1993. In 1993, bodily 
reaction and exertion (31.8%), falls (28.6%), and contact with objects 
(24.6%) were the leading events of injury and illness involving days 
away from work. As a result, sprains and strains (40.6%) constituted 
the most frequent nature of injuries and illnesses category in 1994.
    To gain an understanding of these injuries, NIOSH has initiated 
this project to examine different approaches in both field and 
laboratory settings to identify and control the high-risk activities 
associated with the traumatic injuries and overexertion hazards of 
drywall installation work. One of the field study components for this 
project is to identify high-risk tasks and activities for drywall 
installers, using a drywall installation survey which was developed at 
NIOSH. The findings of this survey will provide further understanding 
and focus laboratory research efforts on the most hazardous tasks/
activities of drywall-installation work. Study populations will include 
drywall installers or construction workers with drywall installation 
experience. Each questionnaire will take approximately 20 minutes to 
complete. The total annual burden is 30.

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                                                               Average  
                                  Number of     Number of      burden/  
          Respondents            respondents   responses/   response (in
                                               respondent       hrs.)   
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Drywall Installers............          120             1           .25 
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    Dated: February 5, 1997.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-3332 Filed 2-10-97; 8:45 am]
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