[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17062-17063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7030]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-12-12GN]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-7570 
and send comments to Ron Otten, CDC at 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, 
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    ROPS Attributes Identified by Distribution Channel Intermediaries--
New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    It is commonly acknowledged that it is in the public interest to 
develop more effective ways of determining the incentives, impediments 
and barriers to the adoption of items of safety equipment that are 
known to be effective in reducing occupational traumatic injury and 
death.
    Despite the development of rollover protective structures (ROPS), 
an item of safety equipment which has proven preventive effectiveness 
against the leading cause of occupational fatality in the Agricultural, 
Forestry and Fishing industrial sector (tractor rollovers), the 
incidence of fatal and nonfatal traumatic occupational injury within 
the sector remains elevated. Tractor rollovers remain the leading cause 
of fatal injury in this sector, occurring at a rate of 5.4 per every 
100,000 workers (NSC). Some 125 fatalities occurred each year from this 
cause, for the years 1992-2002; both fatal injuries and nonfatal 
injuries were overwhelmingly associated with the use of tractors that 
were not protected by ROPS.
    The efficacy of rollover protective structures in preventing injury 
and death from crushing injuries is well established. Various research 
efforts have been undertaken over a period of time and in international 
venues, especially the Scandinavian countries, to confirm the role of 
ROPS in preventing injury from this source. As a result of these 
studies, the efficacy of ROPS in preventing this type of injury was 
widely accepted by manufacturers internationally and in this country. 
Beginning in the mid-1980's, manufacturers of farm tractors in this 
country universally elected to protect tractor operators through the 
incorporation of integral ROPS within the design and manufacture of all 
new farm tractors sold for domestic use. However, significant numbers 
of older, unprotected farm tractors remain in use. ROPS are available 
for many of these unprotected tractors, as a retrofit item manufactured 
by fabricators or by original equipment manufacturers. However, a 
number of tractors remain in operation without rollover protective 
structures, and operators of these tractors are at an elevated risk of 
injury.
    ROPS are generally provided to end users by tractor parts dealers, 
who constitute channel intermediaries between the manufacturer and the 
consumer. However, little is known about the decision processes that 
tractor parts dealers follow in deciding whether or not to recommend, 
source or provide this item of safety equipment to end users. The 
current project will generate ranking scores for the importance 
accorded to various issues of concern to tractor parts dealers; these 
most-important items were previously developed through qualitative 
research studies. The Northeast Equipment Dealers' Association (NEDA), 
a trade group representing tractor parts dealers, and which is active 
in 12 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S. States, will represent the 
collective membership of the distribution channel intermediaries. Some 
500 establishments hold membership in NEDA, and each of these 
establishments will be surveyed to provide ranking criteria.
    CDC requests OMB approval to collect customized information, from 
500 NEDA establishments, over a one-month period. This information will 
be of two kinds: Demographic information on the client base served by 
the NEDA establishment, and importance ranking

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of issues related to the provision of ROPS or the ROPS configuration 
itself, as self-selected ranking criteria, following the maximum 
difference scaling methodology.
    This information will allow CDC to compile a systematic, 
quantifiable inventory of preference data for a group that is 
considered representative of tractor parts dealers nationwide. 
Additionally, this data will allow for segmentation of response by 
groups with particularized interests.
    The survey pilot questionnaire will be administered by the New York 
Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH). Following the 
administration of a pilot test questionnaire to assess comprehension 
and message comprehension, a finalized questionnaire will be routinely 
submitted to NEDA establishments by electronic mail. The estimated 
burden per response is 17 minutes. Each respondent establishment will 
receive a personalized advance notification email, followed by an email 
with a link to the CDC Web site.
    CDC anticipates that routine information collection will begin in 
August 2012. Assuming full participation, the total estimated burden 
for the one-time retrospective data collection is 148 hours which 
includes 500 respondents for the survey and 20 respondents from the 
pilot project. At a reduced response rate of 80%, total burden would be 
450 participants for a total of 134 hours, assuming replacement and 
thus full participation for pilot participants. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                      No. of        Avg. burden
      Type of respondents           Form name         No. of       responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs)        (in hrs)
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Tractor parts dealers.........  NIOSH/NYCAMH                 450               1           17/60             128
                                 Parts Dealers
                                 Survey.
Tractor parts dealers.........  NIOSH/NYCAMH                  20               1           17/60               6
                                 Parts Dealers
                                 Pilot.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             134
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    Dated: March 19, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate 
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-7030 Filed 3-22-12; 8:45 am]
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