[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43018-43020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16338]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR 1218-0226(2004)]
Standard on Manlifts; Extension of the Office of Management and
Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for comment.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments concerning its proposal to extend OMB
approval of the Information Collection requirement contained in the
Standard on Manlifts (29 CFR 1910.68(e)). The information collected is
used by employers and employees where manlifts are operated. The
purpose of the requirement is to reduce employee's risk of death or
serious injury by ensuring that manlifts are in safe operating
condition.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
Hard Copy: Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or received)
by September 17, 2004.
Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your comments must be
received by September 17, 2004.
ADDRESSES:
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I. Submission of Comments
Electronic: OSHA permits electronic submission of comments through
its Web site at http://ecomments.osha.gov; please include Docket No.
ICR-1218-0226(2004) on the subject line of the message. If one would
like to submit additional materials to be associated with a comment
submitted electronically, they should be sent, in triplicate hard copy,
to the OSHA Docket Office at the above address. These materials must
clearly identify the sender's name, date, subject, and docket number to
enable the Agency to attach them to the appropriate comments.
Facsimile: OSHA allows facsimile transmission of comments that are
10 pages or fewer in length (including attachments). Send these
comments, identified with Docket No. ICR-1218-0226(2004) to the OSHA
Docket Office at (202) 693-1648; hard copies of these comments are not
required. Commenters may submit attachments to their comments, such as
studies and journal articles, in triplicate hard copy to the OSHA
Docket Office at the above address instead of transmitting facsimile
copies of these materials. These materials must clearly identify the
sender's name, date, subject, and docket number so that the Agency can
attach them to the appropriate comments.
Regular mail, express delivery, hand delivery, and messenger
service: Submit three copies of comments (including attachments) to the
OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. ICR-1218-0226(2004), Technical Data
Center, Room N-2625, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350. Please
contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350 for information about
security procedures concerning the delivery of material by express
delivery, hand delivery, and messenger service. The hours of operation
for the OSHA Docket Office and Department of Labor are 8:15 a.m. to
4:45 p.m., e.s.t.
II. Obtaining Copies of the Supporting Statement for the Information
Collection Request
The Supporting Statement for the Information Collection Request
(ICR) is available for downloading from OSHA's Web site at http://www.osha.gov. The complete ICR, containing the OMB Form 83-I,
Supporting Statement, and attachments, is available for inspection and
copying in the OSHA Docket Office, at the address listed above. A
printed copy of the ICR can be obtained by contacting Theda Kenney at
(202) 693-2222.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney, Directorate of Standards
and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Submission of Comments on this Notice and Internet Access to
Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in response to this document by (1) hard
copy, (2) fax transmission (facsimile), or (3) electronically through
the OSHA Web page. Please note that you cannot attach materials such as
studies or journal articles to electronic comments. If you have
additional materials, you must submit three copies of them to the OSHA
Docket Office at the address above. The additional materials must
clearly identify your electronic comments by name, date, subject and
docket number so that we can attach them to your comments. Because of
security related problems there may be a significant delay in the
receipt of comments by regular mail. Please contact the OSHA Docket
Office at (202) 693-2350 for information about security procedures
concerning the delivery of materials by express delivery, hand delivery
and messenger service.
II. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
This program ensures that information is in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and costs) is minimal, collection instruments
are clearly understood, and OSHA's estimate of the information
collection burden is correct. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (the Act) authorizes information collection by employers as
necessary or appropriate for enforcement of the Act or for developing
information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational
injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657).
29 CFR 1910.68(e) requires that each manlift be inspected at least
once every 30 days. The manlift inspection is to cover at least the
following items: Steps; step fastenings; rails; rail supports and
fastenings; rollers and slides; belt and belt tension; handholds and
fastenings; floor landings; guardrails; lubrication; limit switches;
warning signs and lights; illumination; drive pulley; bottom (boot)
pulley and clearance; pulley supports; motor; driving mechanism; brake;
electrical switches; vibration and misalignment; and any ``skip'' on
the up or down run when mounting a step (indicating worn gears). A
certification record of the inspection must be made upon completion of
the inspection. The record must contain the date of the inspection, the
signature of the person who performed the inspection, and the serial
number or other identifier of the inspected manlift. The record
provides assurance to employers, employees, and compliance officers
that manlifts were inspected as required by the Standard. The
inspections are made to keep equipment in safe operating condition,
thereby preventing manlift failure while carrying employees to elevated
worksites. These records also provide the most efficient means for the
compliance officers to determine that an employer is complying with the
Standard.
III. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
Whether the proposed information collection requirements
are necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions,
including whether the information is useful;
The accuracy of OSHA's estimate of the burden (time and
costs) of the information-collection requirements, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
The quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply;
for example, by using automated or other technological information
collection and -transmission techniques.
IV. Proposed Actions
OSHA is proposing to extend the information collection requirement
in the Manlifts Standard (29 CFR 1910.68(e)). The Agency will summarize
the comments submitted in response to this notice, and will include
this summary in its request to OMB to extend the approval of the
information collection requirement.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Standard on Manlifts (29 CFR 1910.68(e)).
OMB Number: 1218-0226.
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Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; Federal government; State, local, or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 3,000.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: Monthly.
Average Time per Response: Varies from 2 minutes (.03 hour) for an
employer to disclose the inspection certification record to 1 hour to
inspect a manlift.
Total Annual Hours Requested: 37,801.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0.
V. Authority and Signature
John L. Henshaw, Assistance Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice. The
authority for this notice is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3506), and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 5-2002 (67 FR 65008).
Signed at Washington, DC, on July 13, 2004.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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