[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6138-6139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2421]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-11-11BS]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960
and send comments to Carol E. Walker, CDC Reports Clearance Officer,
1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to
[email protected].
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information
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is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
``Characteristics of Mine Worker Resilience in Emergency Escape''--
New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
NIOSH, under Public Law 91-173 as amended by Publ. L. 95-164
(Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977) has the responsibility to
conduct research to improve working conditions and to prevent accidents
and occupational diseases in underground coal mining.
A mine emergency poses substantial psychological and emotional
challenges for the miners and personnel who need to respond to an
underground coal mining incident or escape from an underground mine.
Psychological issues can continue to be a problem after the incident
takes place, as evidenced by a number of suicides and loss of
experienced mining and rescue personnel in the aftermath of mining
disasters over the past decade. While attention has been paid to the
products and technologies needed to prevent and respond to mine
emergencies, the personal factors that influence resilience in
emergency situations, especially those necessary for self-escape, have
been largely overlooked.
Resilience has been defined in a number of ways; this task will
initially define resilience as the psychological and social
characteristics of an individual miner and mine crew that help them to
withstand significant adversity and to ``bounce back'' after a trauma.
The authors of Strategies for Escape and Rescue from Underground Coal
Mines concluded that developing resilient miners, who are able to
respond and self-escape if necessary, is needed to improve emergency
response in the U.S. underground coal industry [Alexander, et al.
2010]. Furthermore, it is crucial to develop miners and mining crews
who are equipped with the psycho-social resilience needed pre-, during,
and post-event to support positive self-escape behaviors.
The goal of this task is to define and measure resiliency in
underground coal miners and mine crews through a survey instrument, and
to recommend ways to increase their resilience such that they are
psychologically prepared to self-escape and can psychologically recover
in a healthy manner after a mine emergency.
To accomplish this goal, NIOSH researchers will field test a
measure of resiliency they have designed. A survey will be administered
to 200 underground coal miners. The survey is designed to assess
miners' resiliency. NIOSH will use the results of the survey to adapt
and disseminate the measure. Eventually, the measure will provide data
on miners' resiliency which, in the next phase of the task, will result
in organizational interventions for a more psychologically resilient
workforce. All participants will be between the ages of 18 and 65,
currently employed, and living in the United States.
Findings will be used to improve the definition and measure of
resilience in coal mining. There is no cost to respondents other than
their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hours) (in hours)
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Miners and Crew................................. 200 1 30/60 100
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 100
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Dated: January 26, 2011.
Carol E. Walker,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-2421 Filed 2-2-11; 8:45 am]
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