[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 37051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15106]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30-Day-12-12EF]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments 
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 
20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Evaluating the Effectiveness of Occupational Safety and Health 
Program Elements in the Wholesale Retail Trade Sector--New--National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    For the current study, the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation 
(OBWC) will collaborate to examine the association between survey-
assessed Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) program elements 
(organizational policies, procedures, practices) and workers 
compensation (WC) injury/illness outcomes. The study will be conducted 
using a stratified sample of OBWC-insured wholesale/retail trade (WRT) 
firms. Crucial OSH program elements with particularly high impact on WC 
losses will be identified in this study and disseminated to the WRT 
sector.
    There are expected to be up to 4,404 participants per year. Surveys 
will be administered twice to the same firms in successive years (e.g. 
from January-December 2013 and again from January-December 2014). An 
individual responsible for the OSH program at each firm will be asked 
to complete a survey that includes a background section related to 
respondent and company demographics and a main section where 
individuals will be asked to evaluate organizational metrics related to 
their firm's OSH program. The firm-level survey data will be linked to 
five years of retrospective injury and illness WC claims data and two 
years of prospective injury and illness WC claims data from OBWC to 
determine which organizational metrics are related to firm-level injury 
and illness WC claim rates. A nested study will ask multiple 
respondents at a subset of 60 firms to participate by completing 
surveys. A five-minute interview will be conducted with a 10% sample of 
non-responders (up to 792 individuals).
    In order to maximize efficiency and reduce burden, a web-based 
survey is proposed for the majority (95%) of survey data collection. 
Collected information will be used to determine whether a significant 
relationship exists between self-reported firm OSH elements and firm WC 
outcomes while controlling for covariates. Once the study is completed, 
benchmarking reports about OSH elements that have the highest impact on 
WC losses in the WRT sector will be made available through the NIOSH-
OBWC internet sites and peer-reviewed publications.
    In summary, this study will determine the effectiveness of OSH 
program elements in the WRT sector and enable evidence-based prevention 
practices to be shared with the greatest audience possible. NIOSH 
expects to complete data collection in 2014. There is no cost to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annual burden 
hours are 1,681.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Safety and Health Managers............  Occupational Safety and            4,404               1           20/60
                                         Health Program Survey
                                         Year 1 and Year 2.
                                        Informed Consent Form...           4,404               1            2/60
                                        Non-Responder Interview.             792               1            5/60
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Science Integrity, Office of the Associate 
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-15106 Filed 6-19-12; 8:45 am]
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