[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 159 (Friday, August 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46851-46852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17864]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-21-21HJ; Docket No. CDC-2021-0085]


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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled Field Pilot to Inform the 
Development of a NIOSH Training Product, the Safety Skills at Work 
Curriculum. The purpose of this field pilot is to inform the 
development of a draft foundational OSH training intervention, the 
Safety Skills at Work curriculum, as well as the study methods and data 
collection instruments for the evaluation of the intervention.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before October 19, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0085 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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: Submit all comments 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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 the 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;
    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; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Field Pilot to Inform the Development of a NIOSH Training Product, 
the Safety Skills at Work Curriculum--New--National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Prevention 
and Control (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
is requesting approval of a new draft data collection for a period of 
two years under the project titled Field Pilot to Inform the 
Development of a NIOSH Training Product, the Safety Skills at Work 
Curriculum. The goal of the proposed field pilot is to inform the 
development of a draft foundational occupational safety and health 
(OSH) training intervention, the Safety Skills at Work curriculum, as 
well as the development of the methods and data collection instruments 
for the evaluation of the intervention. The proposed field pilot will 
be conducted through a collaborative partnership with the Pacific 
Mountain Workforce Development Council (PacMtn WDC), a workforce 
development organization in Washington State. PacMtn WDC will recruit 
72 participants split into 4-6 cohorts with 12-18 participants per 
cohort. For each cohort, the draft curriculum will be administered to 
6-9 participants (training group) and an online survey will be 
administered to the training group as well as a group of 6-9 
participants who do not receive the training (comparison group) at 
three

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time points: Pre (before the training), post (after the training), and 
follow-up (4-6 weeks after the training). The survey will assess; (1) 
foundational OSH knowledge; (2) OSH attitudes; (3) self-efficacy for 
OSH; (4) behavioral intention to use newly learned OSH skills; (5) OSH 
training perceptions; and (6) job safety perceptions. Basic 
demographics and work experience information will also be collected 
from field pilot participants, but no sensitive or personally 
identifiable information (PII) will be collected by NIOSH. Participants 
in the training group will be asked to provide reactions to the 
training during brief post-training feedback sessions, and this data 
will be audio recorded. This field pilot will follow the CDC COVID-19 
interim guidance for research activities, including in-person 
activities, in place at the time of the activity. This data collection 
will serve as a first step in addressing the need for evidence-based, 
foundational OSH training programs for the workforce development 
sector, and is aligned with the National Occupational Research Agenda 
(NORA) Healthy Work Design and Well-Being, Services, and Manufacturing 
goals related to promoting OSH among contingent workers.
    As part of the proposed field pilot, NIOSH will administer three 
online surveys (pre, post, and follow-up) to 72 workforce development 
program participants, and the two trained PacMtn WDC will conduct post-
training feedback sessions with the 36 training group participants 
after each training session. Each survey will take approximately 30 
minutes to complete, for a total of 90 minutes per participant to 
complete all three surveys. The training will take three hours and 20 
minutes to administer, and the post training feedback session will take 
10 minutes to complete.
    CDC requests approval for an estimated 43 annual burden hours. 
There are no costs to respondents other than their time to participate.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Workforce development program   Pre-survey......              34               1           30/60              17
 participant.
Workforce development program   Post-survey.....              29               1           30/60              15
 participant.
Workforce development program   Follow-up Survey              15               1           30/60               8
 participant.
Workforce development program   Post training                 18               1           10/60               3
 participant.                    feedback
                                 session.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............              43
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2021-17864 Filed 8-19-21; 8:45 am]
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