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Leroy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
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Virtual Reality to Train and Assess
Emergency Responders—Revision—
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) has submitted the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for
the proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address any of the
following: (a) 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; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) Minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses; and (e) Assess information
collection costs.
To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice
should be directed to the Attention:
CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or
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NIOSH, under Public Law 91–173 as
amended by Public Law 95–164
(Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of
1977), and Public Law 109–236 (Mine
Improvement and New Emergency
Response Act of 2006) has the
responsibility to conduct research to
improve working conditions and to
prevent accidents and occupational
diseases in underground coal and metal/
nonmetal mines in the U.S.
The turn of the 21st century started
with much promise for the coal mining
industry. Because there was only one
underground disaster in the 1990s, it
seemed that emergency response in the
United States no longer needed to be a
top research priority. However, major
coal mine disasters between 2001 and
2010 have resulted in 65 fatalities.
These events highlighted the critical
need to balance investments to reduce
low probability/high severity events
with those that focus on frequent, but
less severe injuries and illnesses.
The present research project seeks to
determine optimal use of virtual reality
(VR) technologies for training and
assessing mine emergency responders
using the Mine Rescue and Escape
Training Laboratory (MRET Lab).
Responders include specially trained
individuals, such as mine rescue or fire
brigade team members, and also
managers and miners who may either be
called upon to respond to an emergency
situation or engage in self-protective
actions in response to an emergency.
This project is a step toward
determining how new immersive virtual
reality technologies should be used for
miner training and testing in the U.S.
As stated previously in the original
information collection request
justification, research activities
involving rank-and-file underground
coal miners who participate in the mine
escape training may occur at either the
MRET Lab or in an off-site classroom or
other typical instructional setting either
at an above-ground mine safety training
facility, mine administration building,
or a university or academic environment
(hereinto referenced as the ‘‘classroom
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setting’’). Having these two subsamples
allows us to better assess uses for VR
training applications, determine the
potential additive value of training
provided in the MRET Lab, and the
potential benefits of adapting
simulation-based mine emergency
training to a broader audience. To
accommodate an appropriate amount of
mine escape participants for both the
MRET Lab modules and classroom
settings, we are requesting adding 60
more participants to our 150 participant
data collection cap, which would
ideally leave us with 30 BG4
participants, 60 mine rescue
participants (MRET Lab), 60 mine
escape participants (MRET Lab), and 60
mine escape participants (classroom
setting), for a new grand total of 210
participants.
The project objective will be achieved
through specific aims in two related
areas as illustrated below.
Training assessment:
1. Evaluate four training modules
2. Evaluate participant reactions
3. Develop guidelines
Training development:
4. Use 3D technologies to develop a
prototype for a mine rescue closed¨
circuit breathing apparatus (e.g., Drager
BG4).
To accomplish these goals over the
life of the project, researchers will
utilize a variety of data collection
strategies, including self-report pre- and
post-test instruments for assessing
trainee reaction and measuring learning.
Data collection will take place with
approximately 210 underground coal
miners over three years. The
respondents targeted for this study
include rank-and-file miners, mine
rescue team members, and mine safety
and health professionals. 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 safety and
health of underground coal miners by
assessing the efficacy of immersive VR
environments for teaching critical mine
safety and health skills.
To assess learning as a result of
training, each participant will complete
a pre-training questionnaire, a postsimulation questionnaire, and a posttraining questionnaire. Participants
evaluating the closed-circuit breathing
apparatus training will only complete a
version of the pre-training
questionnaire. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time. The
total estimated burden hours are 47.
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Type of respondent
Form name
¨
Drager BG4 participants (i.e., closed circuit
breathing apparatus training participants).
Mine Rescue participants ...............................
Pre-Training Questionnaire ............................
30
1
3/60
Pre-Training Questionnaire ............................
Post-Simulation Questionnaire .......................
Post-Training Questionnaire ..........................
Pre-Training Questionnaire ............................
Post-Simulation Questionnaire (MRET Lab
version).
Post-Simulation Questionnaire (Field Test
Version).
Post-Training Questionnaire ..........................
Pre/Post-Training Knowledge Test ................
Pre/Post-Training Knowledge Test ................
Pre/Post-Training Knowledge Test ................
Pre/Post-Training Knowledge Test ................
60
60
60
120
60
1
1
1
1
1
3/60
3/60
3/60
3/60
3/60
60
1
3/60
120
60
60
30
30
1
1
1
1
1
3/60
6/60
6/60
6/60
6/60
Mine Escape participants ................................
Mine
Mine
Mine
Mine
Escape/Longwall Mining participants .....
Escape/Continuous Mining participants
Rescue/Longwall Mining participants ....
Rescue/Continuous Mining participants
Leroy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) has submitted the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for
the proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address any of the
following: (a) 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; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
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collected; (d) minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses; and (e) assess information
collection costs.
To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice
should be directed to the Attention:
CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or
by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
The National Violent Death Reporting
System (NVDRS) (0920–0607,
Expiration 12/31/2015)—Revision—
National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control (NCIPC), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Violence is an important public
health problem. In the United States,
suicide and homicide are the second
and third leading causes of death,
respectively, in the 1–34 year old age
group. Unfortunately, public health
agencies do not know much more about
the problem than the numbers and the
sex, race, and age of the victims, or
information obtainable from the
standard death certificate. Death
certificates, however, carry no
information about key facts necessary
for prevention such as the relationship
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of the victim and suspect and the
circumstances of the deaths.
Furthermore, death certificates are
typically available 20 months after the
completion of a single calendar year.
Official publications of national violent
death rates (i.e., those in Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report) rarely use data
that are less than two years old.
Local and Federal criminal justice
agencies such as the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) provide slightly more
information about homicides, but they
do not routinely collect standardized
data about suicides, which are in fact
much more common than homicides.
The FBI’s Supplemental Homicide
Report (SHRs) does collect basic
information about the victim-suspect
relationship and circumstances related
to the homicide. SHRs, do not link
violent deaths that are part of one
incident such as homicide-suicides. It
also is a voluntary system in which
some 10–20 percent of police
departments nationwide do not
participate. The FBI’s National Incident
Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
provides slightly more information than
SHRs, but it covers less of the country
than SHRs. NIBRS also only provides
data regarding homicides. Also, the
Bureau of Justice Statistics Reports does
not use data that are less than two years
old.
CDC requests OMB approval in order
to revise its state-based surveillance
system for violent deaths to provide
coverage across all U.S. states,
territories, and the District of Columbia.
The surveillance system captures case
record information held by medical
examiners/coroners, vital statistics (i.e.,
death certificates), and law enforcement,
including crime labs. Data is collected
by each state in the system and entered
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-14-0975]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a)
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; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Virtual Reality to Train and Assess Emergency Responders--
Revision--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 Public Law 95-164
(Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977), and Public Law 109-236
(Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006) has the
responsibility to conduct research to improve working conditions and to
prevent accidents and occupational diseases in underground coal and
metal/nonmetal mines in the U.S.
The turn of the 21st century started with much promise for the coal
mining industry. Because there was only one underground disaster in the
1990s, it seemed that emergency response in the United States no longer
needed to be a top research priority. However, major coal mine
disasters between 2001 and 2010 have resulted in 65 fatalities. These
events highlighted the critical need to balance investments to reduce
low probability/high severity events with those that focus on frequent,
but less severe injuries and illnesses.
The present research project seeks to determine optimal use of
virtual reality (VR) technologies for training and assessing mine
emergency responders using the Mine Rescue and Escape Training
Laboratory (MRET Lab). Responders include specially trained
individuals, such as mine rescue or fire brigade team members, and also
managers and miners who may either be called upon to respond to an
emergency situation or engage in self-protective actions in response to
an emergency. This project is a step toward determining how new
immersive virtual reality technologies should be used for miner
training and testing in the U.S.
As stated previously in the original information collection request
justification, research activities involving rank-and-file underground
coal miners who participate in the mine escape training may occur at
either the MRET Lab or in an off-site classroom or other typical
instructional setting either at an above-ground mine safety training
facility, mine administration building, or a university or academic
environment (hereinto referenced as the ``classroom setting''). Having
these two subsamples allows us to better assess uses for VR training
applications, determine the potential additive value of training
provided in the MRET Lab, and the potential benefits of adapting
simulation-based mine emergency training to a broader audience. To
accommodate an appropriate amount of mine escape participants for both
the MRET Lab modules and classroom settings, we are requesting adding
60 more participants to our 150 participant data collection cap, which
would ideally leave us with 30 BG4 participants, 60 mine rescue
participants (MRET Lab), 60 mine escape participants (MRET Lab), and 60
mine escape participants (classroom setting), for a new grand total of
210 participants.
The project objective will be achieved through specific aims in two
related areas as illustrated below.
Training assessment:
1. Evaluate four training modules
2. Evaluate participant reactions
3. Develop guidelines
Training development:
4. Use 3D technologies to develop a prototype for a mine rescue
closed-circuit breathing apparatus (e.g., Dr[auml]ger BG4).
To accomplish these goals over the life of the project, researchers
will utilize a variety of data collection strategies, including self-
report pre- and post-test instruments for assessing trainee reaction
and measuring learning. Data collection will take place with
approximately 210 underground coal miners over three years. The
respondents targeted for this study include rank-and-file miners, mine
rescue team members, and mine safety and health professionals. 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
safety and health of underground coal miners by assessing the efficacy
of immersive VR environments for teaching critical mine safety and
health skills.
To assess learning as a result of training, each participant will
complete a pre-training questionnaire, a post-simulation questionnaire,
and a post-training questionnaire. Participants evaluating the closed-
circuit breathing apparatus training will only complete a version of
the pre-training questionnaire. There is no cost to respondents other
than their time. The total estimated burden hours are 47.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number burden per
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Dr[auml]ger BG4 participants (i.e., Pre-Training 30 1 3/60
closed circuit breathing apparatus Questionnaire.
training participants).
Mine Rescue participants.............. Pre-Training 60 1 3/60
Questionnaire.
Post-Simulation 60 1 3/60
Questionnaire.
Post-Training 60 1 3/60
Questionnaire.
Mine Escape participants.............. Pre-Training 120 1 3/60
Questionnaire.
Post-Simulation 60 1 3/60
Questionnaire (MRET Lab
version).
Post-Simulation 60 1 3/60
Questionnaire (Field
Test Version).
Post-Training 120 1 3/60
Questionnaire.
Mine Escape/Longwall Mining Pre/Post-Training 60 1 6/60
participants. Knowledge Test.
Mine Escape/Continuous Mining Pre/Post-Training 60 1 6/60
participants. Knowledge Test.
Mine Rescue/Longwall Mining Pre/Post-Training 30 1 6/60
participants. Knowledge Test.
Mine Rescue/Continuous Mining Pre/Post-Training 30 1 6/60
participants. Knowledge Test.
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Leroy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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