[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71990-71991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30581]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR 1218-0New1 (2003)]


Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; Construction Project Survey

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 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is 
soliciting comments concerning a proposed new information collection 
request entitled Construction Project Survey. A copy of the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the 
office listed below in the addresses section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before February 3, 2003. The Department 
of Labor is particularly interested in comments which:
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    [sbull] Suggest ways to minimize the burden of collection of 
information on those who are to respond, such as 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: Comments are to be submitted to the Docket Office, Docket 
No. ICR 1218-0New1 (2003), U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-2350. 
Written comments limited to 10 pages or less in length may be 
transmitted by facsimile to (202) 693-1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Schmidt, Office of Statistics, 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor, room N3644, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, 
telephone: (202) 693-1886. Copies of the referenced information 
collection request are available for inspection and copying in the 
Docket Office and will be mailed to persons who request copies by 
telephoning Dave Schmidt at (202) 693-1886 or Todd Owen at (202) 693-
2444. For electronic copies of the OSHA Data Initiative information 
collection request, contact OSHA's Web page on the Internet at http://www.osha-slc.gov/OCIS/Info_coll.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    OSHA proposes to collect occupational injury and illness data from 
general contractors at selected construction projects. The agency will 
collect this information from up to 2,500 employers. The collection of 
data will span the lifetime of the construction project. Participation 
in this data collection will be on a voluntary basis. OSHA will ask the 
general contractors to provide the average employment, hours worked, 
and general information pertaining to the construction project and 
detailed information pertaining to each work-related injury and illness 
that occurs at the construction project.

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    OSHA will compile the data, generate injury and illness rates by 
project type, and develop profiles of the relative hazards of various 
construction types. The agency will use the aggregate rates and 
profiles mainly to guide its future outreach and enforcement efforts 
towards the project types with the most significant hazards identified 
by the data. This collection will provide OSHA with data on illnesses 
and injuries that are associated with distinct types of construction 
activity, with the various phases of construction, and with the 
methods, materials, and hazards that are common to those types of work. 
With this data, OSHA will obtain a measure of injuries and illnesses 
that affect all employees--regardless of employer--on a common 
construction project. OSHA could then target its resources to projects 
with a greater potential for illness and injuries by weighting the 
selection of types of projects by their relatives degree of 
hazardousness.

II. Current Actions

    This notice requests public comment pertaining to OMB approval of 
the paperwork requirements for the Construction Project Survey.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Construction Project Survey.
    OMB Number: 1218-XXXX.
    Agency Number: ICR 1218-0New1 (2003).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Cite/Reference/Form/etc: Construction Project Survey Form.
    Total Respondents: 2,500.
    Frequency: Recordkeeping.
    Average Time per Response: 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 7,500 hours.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and 
Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also 
become a matter of public record.

    Dated: November 26, 2002.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-30581 Filed 12-2-02; 8:45 am]
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