[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40659-40660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15177]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

June 21, 2004.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
contacting the Department of Labor (DOL). To obtain documentation, 
contact Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 
e-mail: [email protected].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
(BLS), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, 202-395-7316

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(this is not a toll-free number), within 30 days from the date of this 
publication in the Federal Register.
    The OMB 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 submission of responses.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
    OMB Number: 1220-0045.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Type of Response: Reporting and recordkeeping.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; farms; and State, local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 230,000.
    Number of Annual Responses: 230,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 24 minutes (10 minutes to 5 hours) to 
complete the Form BLS-9300 and 14 minutes for each new entry on the 
OSHA Form 300 (OSHA Log).
    Total Burden Hours: 327,666.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: 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 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.

Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-15177 Filed 7-2-04; 8:45 am]
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