[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 213 (Thursday, November 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64325-64326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24658]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

October 29, 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 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 Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration (OSHA), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-7316 (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: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Title: 29 CFR Part 1904 Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational 
Injuries and Illnesses.
    OMB Number: 1218-0176.
    Forms: OSHA Form 300; OSHA Form 300A; and OSHA Form 301.
    Frequency: On occasion and Annually.
    Type of Response: Reporting; Recordkeeping; and Third party 
disclosure.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Farms; and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 1,484,000.

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                                                 Estimated
                                                  average       Annual
      Information collection          Annual      response      burden
           requirement              responses       time        hours
                                                  (hours)
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29 CFR 1904.4--Complete OSHA Form    1,546,160        0.367      567,441
 301*............................
29 CFR 1904.4--Line entry on OSHA    3,827,600        0.233      891,831
 Form 300 (other than
 needlesticks)...................
29 CFR 1904.8--Line entry on OSHA      590,000        0.083       48,970
 300 for needlesticks............
29 CFR 1904.29(b)(6)--Entry on         641,000        0.050       32,050
 privacy concern case
 confidential list...............
29 CFR 1904.32--Complete,            1,484,000        0.967    1,435,028
 certify, and post OSHA Form 300A
29 CFR 1904.35--Employee Access        137,000        0.083       11,371
 to OSHA Form 300................
29 CFR 1904.35--Employee Access        273,000        0.083       22,659
 to OSHA Form 301................

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29 CFR 1904.39--Report fatalities/       2,000        0.250          500
 catastrophes....................
Learning Basics of Recordkeeping       296,800        1.000      296,800
 System--turnover of personnel...
29 CFR 1904.38--Request for                  0        0.000            0
 variance........................
                                  --------------
    Total........................    8,797,560  ...........   3,306,650
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* Estimate based on 35% of cases recorded on OSHA Form 300.

    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The OSHA Act and 29 CFR part 1904 require certain 
employers to maintain records of job related injuries and illnesses. 
The injury and illness records are intended to have multiple purposes. 
One purpose is to provide data needed by OSHA to carry out enforcement 
and intervention activities to provide workers a safe and healthy work 
environment. The data are also needed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
to report on the number and rate of occupational injuries and illnesses 
in the country.
    The data also provides information to employers and employees of 
the kinds of injuries and illnesses occurring in the workplace and 
their related hazards. Increased employer awareness should result in 
the identification and voluntary correction of hazardous workplace 
conditions. Likewise, employees who are provided information on 
injuries and illnesses will be more likely to follow safe work 
practices and report workplace hazards. This would generally raise the 
overall level of safety and health in the workplace.

Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-24658 Filed 11-3-04; 8:45 am]
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