[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 66 (Friday, April 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 16454]
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[FR Doc No: 02-8262]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-1218-226(2002)]


Manlifts Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and 
Budget's Approval of Information-Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Request for comment.

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SUMMARY: OSHA requests comment concerning its proposed extension of the 
information-collection requirements specified by its Manlifts Standard 
(29 CFR 1910.68). The paperwork provisions of the Manlifts Standard 
specify requirements for developing, maintaining, and disclosing 
inspection records. The purpose of these requirements is to reduce 
employees' risk of death or serious injury by ensuring that manlifts 
are inspected on a regular basis to ensure they are in safe operating 
condition.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before May 6, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. 
ICR-1218-0226(2002), OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2350. Commenters may transmit written comments of 10 pages or less by 
facsimile to (202) 693-1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety 
Standards Programs, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2222. A copy of the Agency's Information-Collection Request (ICR) 
supporting the need for the information collection specified by the 
Manlifts Standard is available for inspection and copying in the Docket 
Office, or by requesting a copy from Theda Kenney at (202) 693-2222, or 
Todd Owen at (202) 693-2444. For electronic copies of the ICR, contact 
OSHA on the Internet at http://www.osha,gov, and select ``Information 
Collection Requests.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a 
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an 
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information-
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (PRA-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that 
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and cots) 
is minimal, collection instruments are understandable, and OSHA's 
estimate of the information-collection burden is correct.
    The Manlifts Standard (i.e., ``the Standard'') specifies one 
paperwork requirement. Paragraph (e) of 1910.68 requires employers to 
have a competent designated person inspect each manlift at least once 
every 30 days. The manlift inspection is to cover at least the 
following items: Steps; step fastenings; rails; rail supports and 
fastenings; rollers and slides; belt and belt tension; handholds and 
fastenings; floor landings; guardrails; lubrication; limit switches; 
warning signs and lights; illumination; drive pulley; bottom (boot) 
pulley and clearance; pulley supports; motor; driving mechanism; brake; 
electrical switches; vibration and misalignment; and any ``skip'' on 
the up or down run when mounting a step (indicating worn gears). After 
an inspection, the employer must prepare a certification record that 
contains the date of the inspection, the signature of the person who 
performed the inspection, and the serial number or other identifier of 
the inspected manlift. Employers are to maintain the certification 
records and make them available to OSHA compliance officers. This 
paperwork requirement provides assurance to employers, employees, and 
compliance officers that manlifts have been inspected on a regular 
basis and that they are in safe operating condition, thereby preventing 
manlift failure. These records also provide the most efficient means 
for the compliance officers to determine that an employer is complying 
with the Standard.

II. Special Issues for Comment

    OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
     Whether the proposed information-collection requirements 
are necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's function, 
including whether the information is useful;
     The accuracy of OSHA's estimate of the burden (time and 
costs) of the information-collection requirements, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     The quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply; 
for example, by using automated or other technological information-
collection and -transmission techniques.

III. Proposed Actions

    OSHA proposes to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 
approval of the collection-of-information requirements by the Manlifts 
Standard (29 CFR 1910.68). The Agency will summarize the comments 
submitted in response to this notice, and will include this summary in 
its request to OMB to extend the approval of these information-
collection requirements.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently-approved information-
collection requirement.
    Title: Manlifts Standard (29 CFR 1910.68).
    OMB Number: 1218-0226.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal government; State, local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Frequency of Recordkeeping: Monthly.
    Average Time per Reponse: 1.15 hours.
    Total Annual Hours Requested: 41.400.
    Total Annual Costs (O&M): $0.

IV. Authority and Signature

    John L. Henshaw, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 
Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice. The 
authority for this Notice is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3506), and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 3-2000 (65 FR 50017).

    Signed at Washington, DC on April 2, 2002.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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