[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 78279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21938]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


USAID Injury/Illness Collection Form per the USAID Occupational 
Safety & Health (OHS) Program

AGENCY: Agency for International Development (USAID).

ACTION: Notice of information collection.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Information Collection Review 
procedures of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID), is announcing that 
it has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for approval to collect information via Google Forms as per the USAID 
Occupational Safety & Health (OHS) program. This collection is mandated 
by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration under the OSH act 
of 1970 and Federal regulations.

DATES: If this request for approval is granted, USAID plans to collect 
performance data beginning on or about June 30, 2024 and expected to 
end June 30, 2029.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
    Email: [email protected]
    Mail: U.S. Agency for International Development, OSH, Room 5.9C 
RRB, 300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC 20523.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to John Scherer, [email protected], +1 (202) 712 
1256.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OSH Act of 1970 requires the Secretary 
of Labor to produce regulations that require employers to keep records 
of occupational deaths, injuries, and illnesses. Executive Order 12196 
requires Federal establishments to, ``Operate an occupational safety 
and health management information system, which shall include the 
maintenance of such records as the Secretary may require.''
    The records are used for several purposes. Employers and employees 
use the records to implement safety and health programs at individual 
workplaces. Analysis of the data is a widely recognized method for 
discovering workplace safety and health problems and tracking progress 
in solving those problems. OSHA uses the injury and illness statistics 
to help direct its programs and measure its own performance. Also, 
individuals conducting safety and health evaluations and inspections 
use the data to help direct their efforts to the hazards that are 
hurting workers.
    The rule, 29 CFR 1960.66, contains a ``note'' making it clear that 
recording or reporting a work-related injury, illness, or fatality does 
not constitute an admission that the Federal agency or an individual 
was at fault or otherwise responsible for purposes of liability. Such 
recording or reporting does not constitute an admission of the 
existence of an employer-employee relationship between the individual 
recording the injury and the injured individual. Recording or reporting 
any such injury, illness, or fatality does not mean that an OSHA rule 
has been violated or that the individual in question is eligible for 
workers' compensation or any other benefits.

Anthony Bennett,
Chief, Headquarters Management Division, Office of Management Services 
(M/MS), Bureau for Management, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2024-21938 Filed 9-24-24; 8:45 am]
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