[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 13403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3721]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-06-05CB]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
The Continuous Miner Tramming Study Interviews--NEW--National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Federal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1977, section 501, enables
CDC/NIOSH to carry out research relevant to the health and safety of
workers in the mining industry. NIOSH is undertaking this project to
investigate the hazards in underground mines associated with the work
environment and mobile face equipment. This project will show how to
reduce the likelihood of these hazards through human factors design
considerations and/or engineering interventions. The specific aims are
to (1) determine face equipment risk to the operator, (2) define the
information cues operators need to perform their job tasks, (3)
identify the types of changes operators could make to reduce their
exposure from each of the environmental hazards that affect their
safety.
The purpose of this study is to determine which mechanisms cause
injuries to operators of mobile face equipment and find new ways to
reduce injuries, work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and accidents.
Industry participation will help researchers in their study to improve
the health and safety of employees in the mining industry, specifically
those who operate and maintain mobile face mining equipment. The
information for this study will be collected by conducting one-on-one
structured interviews with approximately 5 managers and 15 continuous
miner operators at each of 10 mines located throughout the major coal
producing regions of the US. This survey will last less than 1 year.
There are no costs to the respondents other than their time. The
total estimated annualized burden hours are 250.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Average
Number of burden per
Type of responses or kinds of respondents Number of respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Mine management (5 individuals from 10 50 managers.......................... 1 30/60
mines).
Continuous miner operators (15 150 operators........................ 2 45/60
individuals from 10 mines).
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Dated: March 6, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-3721 Filed 3-14-06; 8:45 am]
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