[Federal Register: March 5, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 44)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-22-04]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210. Send written
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: Pilot Study for the National Survey of the Mining
Population--New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Surveillance of occupational injuries, illnesses, and exposures has
been an integral part of the work of the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) since its creation by the
Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970. To improve its surveillance
capability related to the occupational risks in mining, NIOSH plans to
conduct a national survey of mines and mine employees. No national
surveys have specifically targeted the mining labor force since the
1986 Mining Industry Population Survey (MIPS). The mining industry has
experienced many changes in the last 17 years; consequently, the MIPS
data are no longer representative of the current mining industry labor
force.
The proposed survey will be based upon a probability sample of
mining operations and their employees. The major objectives of the
survey will be: (1) To collect basic information about the mining
operation; (2) to establish the demographic and occupational
characteristics of mine operator employees within each major mining
sector (coal, metal, nonmetal, stone, and sand and gravel); and (3) to
determine the number and occupational characteristics of independent
contractor employees within mines. The sampled mining operations will
provide all survey data; individual operator and independent contractor
employees will not be directly surveyed. As a result of this survey,
surveillance researchers and government agencies such as the Mine
Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) will be able to identify groups
of miners with a disproportionately high risk of injury or illness. By
capturing demographic (e.g., age, gender, race/ethnicity, education
level) and occupational characteristics (e.g., job, title, work
location, experience in this job title, total mining experience) of the
mining workforce, these data will be of use in the customization of
interventions such as safety training programs.
This request is for OMB approval of a Pilot Study to evaluate the
effectiveness of the survey recruitment materials, questionnaires, and
procedures in the acquisition of complete and high quality data from a
sample of mining operations. Data captured in the Pilot Study will
guide improvements to optimize the performance of the various
components of the full-scale national survey. Approximately 40 randomly
selected mining operations spanning the five major commodities will be
chosen for the Pilot Study. A survey packet will be sent to each
sampled mining operation. It is expected that approximately 30 mining
operations will be eligible to participate in and will respond to the
Pilot Study. A portion of the survey respondents and all non-
respondents will be asked a short number of debriefing questions by
telephone. The estimated annualized burden for this data collection is
52 hours.
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Mining Operations Participating in Pilot Study.................. 30 1 90/60
Mining Operations Responding to Debriefing Questions............ 25 1 15/60
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Dated: March 1, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-5113 Filed 3-4-04; 8:45 am]
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