[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15484-15485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7682]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-1218-0070(2003)]


Standard on Reports of Injuries to Employees Operating Mechanical 
Power Presses (29 CFR 1910.217(g)); Extension of the Office of 
Management and Budget's (OMB) 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 Standard on 
Reports of Injuries to Employees Operating Mechanical Power Presses (29 
CFR 1910.217(g)). In the event an employee is injured while operating a 
mechanical power press, 29 CFR 1910.217(g) requires the employer to 
provide information to OSHA regarding the accident within 30 days of 
the accident. This information includes the employer's and employee's 
names, workplace address, injury sustained, task being performed when 
the injury occurred, number of operators involved, cause of the 
accident, type of clutch, safeguard(s), and feeding method(s) used, and 
means used to actuate the press. OSHA's Office of Engineering Safety 
collects and reviews this information.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
    Hard Copy: Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or received) 
by May 30, 2003.
    Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your comments must be 
received by May 30, 2003.

ADDRESSES: 

I. Submission of Comments

    Regular mail, express delivery, hand-delivery, and messenger 
service: Submit your comments and attachments to the OSHA Docket 
Office, Docket No. ICR 1218-0070(2003), Room N-2625, U.S. Department of 
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. OSHA Docket 
Office and Department of Labor hours of operation are 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 
p.m., EST.
    Facsimile: If your comments, including any attachments, are 10 
pages or fewer, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 
693-1648. You must include the docket number, ICR 1218-0070(2003), in 
your comments.
    Electronic: You may submit comments, but not attachments, through 
the Internet at http://ecomments.osha.gov/.
    You may submit comments in response to this document by (1) hard 
copy, (2) FAX transmission (facsimile), or (3) electronically through 
the OSHA webpage. Please note you cannot attach materials such as 
studies or journal articles to electronic comments. If you have 
additional material, you must submit three copies of them to the OSHA 
Docket Office at the address above. The additional materials must 
clearly identify your electronic comments by name, date, subject and 
docket number so we can attach them to your comments. Because of 
security-related problems there may be a significant delay in the 
receipt of comments by regular mail. Please contact the OSHA Docket 
Office at (202) 693-2350 for information about security procedures 
concerning the delivery of materials by express delivery, hand delivery 
and messenger service.

II. Obtaining Copies of the Supporting Statement for the Information 
Collection Request

    The Supporting Statement for the Information Collection Request is 
available for downloading from OSHA's Web site at http://www.osha.gov. 
The supporting statement is available for inspection and copying in the 
OSHA Docket Office, at the address listed above. A printed copy of the 
supporting statement can be obtained by contacting Theda Kenney at 
(202) 693-2222.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney, Directorate of Standards 
and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2222.

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 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that 
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs) 
is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA's 
estimate of the information-collection burden is correct. The 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act) authorizes 
information

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collection by employers as necessary or appropriate for enforcement of 
the Act or for developing information regarding the causes and 
prevention of occupational injuries, illness, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 
657).

II. Special Issues for Comment

    OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
    [sbull] Whether the proposed information-collection requirements 
are necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions to 
protect workers, including whether the information is useful;
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] The quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collected; and
    [sbull] 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 specified by the 
Standard on Reports of Injuries to Employees Operating Mechanical Power 
Presses (29 CFR 1910.217(g)). In the past, OSHA has used these reports 
as a source of up-to-date information on power press machines. 
Particularly, this information was used to identify the equipment used 
and conditions association with these injuries. As the number of 
reports have declined, and other sources of information have become 
available, OSHA is determining if these reports have any practical 
utility. Commenters are encouraged to provide any recommendations on 
how OSHA may utilize these reports now, or in the future. 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: Reports of Injuries to Employees Operating Mechanical Power 
Presses (29 CFR 1910.217(g)).
    OMB Number: 1218-0070.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profits 
institutions; Federal government; State, local, or tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 75.
    Frequency of Recordkeeping: On occasion.
    Average Time per Response: 20 minutes (.33 hour).
    Total Annual Hours Requested: 25.

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. 5-2002 (67 FR 65008).

    Signed at Washington, DC, on March 25, 2003.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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