[Federal Register: December 3, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 232)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR 1218-0New1 (2003)]
Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Construction Project Survey
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is
soliciting comments concerning a proposed new information collection
request entitled Construction Project Survey. A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
office listed below in the addresses section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before February 3, 2003. The Department
of Labor is particularly interested in comments which:
[sbull] Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
[sbull] Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
[sbull] Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
[sbull] Suggest ways to minimize the burden of collection of
information on those who are to respond, such as through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submissions of responses.
ADDRESSES: Comments are to be submitted to the Docket Office, Docket
No. ICR 1218-0New1 (2003), U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-2350.
Written comments limited to 10 pages or less in length may be
transmitted by facsimile to (202) 693-1648.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Schmidt, Office of Statistics,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, room N3644, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,
telephone: (202) 693-1886. Copies of the referenced information
collection request are available for inspection and copying in the
Docket Office and will be mailed to persons who request copies by
telephoning Dave Schmidt at (202) 693-1886 or Todd Owen at (202) 693-
2444. For electronic copies of the OSHA Data Initiative information
collection request, contact OSHA's Web page on the Internet at http://www.osha-slc.gov/OCIS/Info_coll.html
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
OSHA proposes to collect occupational injury and illness data from
general contractors at selected construction projects. The agency will
collect this information from up to 2,500 employers. The collection of
data will span the lifetime of the construction project. Participation
in this data collection will be on a voluntary basis. OSHA will ask the
general contractors to provide the average employment, hours worked,
and general information pertaining to the construction project and
detailed information pertaining to each work-related injury and illness
that occurs at the construction project.
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OSHA will compile the data, generate injury and illness rates by
project type, and develop profiles of the relative hazards of various
construction types. The agency will use the aggregate rates and
profiles mainly to guide its future outreach and enforcement efforts
towards the project types with the most significant hazards identified
by the data. This collection will provide OSHA with data on illnesses
and injuries that are associated with distinct types of construction
activity, with the various phases of construction, and with the
methods, materials, and hazards that are common to those types of work.
With this data, OSHA will obtain a measure of injuries and illnesses
that affect all employees--regardless of employer--on a common
construction project. OSHA could then target its resources to projects
with a greater potential for illness and injuries by weighting the
selection of types of projects by their relatives degree of
hazardousness.
II. Current Actions
This notice requests public comment pertaining to OMB approval of
the paperwork requirements for the Construction Project Survey.
Type of Review: New collection.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Title: Construction Project Survey.
OMB Number: 1218-XXXX.
Agency Number: ICR 1218-0New1 (2003).
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Cite/Reference/Form/etc: Construction Project Survey Form.
Total Respondents: 2,500.
Frequency: Recordkeeping.
Average Time per Response: 3 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 7,500 hours.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: November 26, 2002.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary.
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