[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3713-3714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01380]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-18-18EW; Docket No. CDC-2018-0010]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled ``Fatigued Driving among Oil and 
Gas Extraction workers: Risks and Interventions''--a study examining 
the determinants of fatigue among oil and gas well service operators, 
and the effectiveness of fatigue detection devices.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 27, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0010 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, 
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. 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;
    2. 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;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Fatigued Driving among Oil and Gas Extraction workers: Risks and 
Interventions--New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The mission of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health (NIOSH) is to promote safety and health at work for all people 
through research and prevention. The Occupational Safety and Health Act 
of 1970, Public Law 9-596 (Section 20) [a][1] authorizes NIOSH to 
conduct research to advance the health and safety of workers.
    Transportation incidents are the leading cause of death in the U.S. 
Oil & Gas extraction (OGE) industry, resulting in over 40% of all 
workplace fatalities.

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The motor vehicle fatality rate in this industry (7.6 fatalities/
100,000 workers) was almost nine times that for all industries, and 
second only to that in the transportation, warehousing, and utilities 
industry (9.3 fatalities/100,000 workers) during 2003-2009. Nearly 
every worker in the OGE industry drives as part of their job.
    Well sites are often in remote locations, requiring workers to 
drive on rural roads which may lack safety features such as lighting, 
guard rails, and adequate road grading. Workers travel long distances 
from their homes to work sites and between work sites, putting them at 
increased risk of fatigue and motor vehicle crashes. In addition, OGE 
work is physically demanding, repetitive, and often conducted in all 
weather conditions. Long hours and shiftwork are typical; 12-hour 
shifts for two or more consecutive weeks are common. While it is 
speculated that these factors (i.e., commuting practices, job tasks, 
time on task, working hours, consecutive shifts, seasonal effects) may 
increase the risk for fatigue and motor vehicle crashes, limited 
research has examined this among OGE workers.
    NIOSH is seeking a one-year approval from OMB to conduct three 
surveys of U.S. land-based OGE workers who drive light-duty vehicles. 
The surveys will provide detailed information about determinants of 
fatigued driving and perceptions of fatigue monitoring devices among 
OGE workers, not available elsewhere. The study will take place among 
OGE field operations in collaboration with NIOSH industry partners who 
will provide access to their vehicles and data from trip records and 
accelerometers and allow installation of 2 fatigue-detection devices in 
their vehicles as intervention strategies.
    Information gathered from this study will be used to identify 
evidence-based best practices in fatigue risk management, and highlight 
improvements that may be targeted to improve OGE worker safety. The 
surveys will be administered online or with hard copies to a sample of 
45 workers. We estimate that 90% of workers (40) will complete the 
three surveys electronically and the others will opt to complete a hard 
copy version. The main questionnaire will take approximately 15 minutes 
to complete. The post-intervention survey will take approximately five 
minutes to complete, and the end of shift survey will take two minutes 
to complete.
    The total estimated burden hours is 27. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents   responses  per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                     respondent       hours)
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Oil and Gas Extraction Workers  Determinants of               40               1           15/60              10
 who drive light-duty trucks.    fatigued
                                 driving and
                                 perceptions of
                                 fatigue
                                 monitors
                                 (Tablet
                                 Version).
Oil and Gas Extraction Workers  Determinants of                5               1           15/60               2
 who drive light-duty trucks.    fatigued
                                 driving and
                                 perceptions of
                                 fatigue
                                 monitors
                                 (Hardcopy).
Oil and Gas Extraction Workers  End of shift                  40               6            2/60               8
 who drive light-duty trucks.    survey (Tablet
                                 Version).
Oil and Gas Extraction Workers  End of shift                   5               6            2/60               1
 who drive light-duty trucks.    survey
                                 (Hardcopy).
Oil and Gas Extraction Workers  Post-                         40               1            5/60               5
 who drive light-duty trucks.    intervention
                                 survey (Tablet
                                 Version).
Oil and Gas Extraction Workers  Post-                          5               1            5/60               1
 who drive light-duty trucks.    intervention
                                 survey
                                 (Hardcopy).
Oil and Gas Extraction Workers  Non-response                   1               1            3/60               1
 who drive light-duty trucks.    survey.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............              27
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2018-01380 Filed 1-25-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P