[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 126 (Monday, July 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36043-36044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12710]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

June 22, 2007.
    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 
calling Ira Mills on 202-693-4122 (this is not a toll-free number) or 
E-Mail: [email protected], or by accessing http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Comments should be sent to Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for U.S. Department of 
Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistic (BLS), 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: 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.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Farms; and State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and Reporting.
    Number of Respondents:

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                                    Total                            Total        Average time   Estimated total
             Form                respondents      Frequency        responses      per response        burden
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BLS 9300.....................         230,000  Annually.......         230,000  .4 hour........  91,666 hours
Pre-notification Package.....  175,000 out of  Annually.......  175,000 out of  1.35 hours.....  235,833 hours
                                      230,000                          230,000
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    TOTALS...................         230,000  ...............         230,000  ...............  327,499 hours
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    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: 0.
    Total Annual Costs: 0 (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services).
    Description: The goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, as 
stated in Section 2(b), is to assure, as far as possible, every working 
man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions. The 
BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses provides the Nation's 
primary indicator of the progress towards achieving this goal. The 
survey measures the overall rate of occurrence of work injuries and 
illnesses by industry. The industry classifications for which data are 
produced reflect the incorporation of the North American Industry 
Classification System (NAICS) codes beginning with reference year 2003. 
Until now, the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses has been 
restricted to producing national estimates for the private sector only. 
Consequently, there have been no national estimates of workplace 
injuries and illnesses sustained by State and Local government workers, 
including those in such relatively high hazard and high profile 
occupations as police, firefighters, paramedics and other public health 
workers. To address this data gap, beginning with survey year 2008, the 
BLS will collect data from State and Local government agencies in all 
States to support both State and national estimates. The BLS will 
collect this data within the current budget. The BLS regards the 
collection of these data as a significant expansion in its overall 
coverage of the American workplace. BLS will send a letter explaining 
that the survey is voluntary for State and Local government agencies in 
States that do not require this collection of data. The number of extra 
sample units needed for State and Local government data is 
approximately 7,000. A Non-Substantive change request will be made for 
this increase for survey year 2008.
    For the more serious injuries and illnesses, those with days away 
from work, the survey provides detailed information on the injured/ill 
worker (age, sex, race, industry, occupation, and length of service), 
the time in shift, and the circumstances of the injuries and illnesses 
classified by standardized codes (nature of the injury/illness, part of 
body affected, primary and secondary sources of the injury/illness, and 
the event or exposure that produced the injury/illness). Race data 
categories reflect the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
recommended categories for non-self-reported classification. Optional 
information on the general job category is used to improve coding for 
non-descriptive job titles, such as ``Customer Service 
Representative.'' A check-off for before/during/after work shift was 
included to identify the events that occurred before or after the work 
shift.
    In the two decades prior to the OSHA recordkeeping changes in 2002, 
incidence rates for cases with days away from work decreased 
significantly while incidence rates for cases with only restricted work 
activity increased significantly. Since the BLS presently collects case 
and demographic data only for cases with days away from work, data are 
not obtained about a growing class of injury and illness cases. 
Beginning with the 2008 survey year, BLS will test collection of case 
and demographic data for injury and illness cases that require only 
days of job transfer or restriction. If the test(s) prove successful, 
BLS will implement this for as many States as the budget allows 
beginning with survey year 2009. BLS regards the collection of these 
cases with only job transfer or restriction as significant in its 
coverage of the American workforce.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer/Team Leader.
[FR Doc. E7-12710 Filed 6-29-07; 8:45 am]
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