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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60-Day 12–0843]
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 404–639–7570 and
send comments to Kimberly S. Lane, at
CDC 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74,
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email to
omb@cdc.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
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
Field Evaluation of Prototype Kneelassist Devices in Low-seam Mining
(0920–0843, Expiration 1/31/2013)—
Extension—National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
NIOSH, under Public Law 91–596,
Sections 20 and 22 (Section 20–22,
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970) has the responsibility to conduct
research relating to innovative methods,
techniques, and approaches dealing
with occupational safety and health
problems.
According to the Mining Safety and
Health Administration (MSHA) injury
database, 227 knee injuries were
reported in underground coal mining in
2007. With data from the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), it can be estimated that
the financial burden of knee injuries
was nearly three million dollars in 2007.
Typically, mine workers utilize
kneepads to better distribute the
pressures at the knee. The effectiveness
of these kneepads was only recently
investigated in a study by NIOSH that
has not yet been published. The results
of this study demonstrated that
kneepads do decrease the maximum
stress applied to the knee, albeit, not
drastically. Additionally, the average
pressure across the knee remains similar
to the case where subjects wore no
kneepads at all. Thus, the injury data
and the results of this study suggest the
need for the improved design of kneelassist devices such as kneepads. NIOSH
is currently undertaking the task of
designing more effective kneel-assist
devices such as a kneepad and a padded
support worn at the ankle where mine
workers can comfortably rest their body
weight.
These devices must also be field
tested to verify they do not result in
body discomfort or inadvertent
accidents. It is also important to
determine how usable and durable these
devices are in the harsh mining
environment. In order to quantitatively
demonstrate that these prototype
devices are superior to their
predecessors, mine workers using these
prototypes must be interviewed. Their
feedback will identify any necessary
changes to the design of the devices
such that NIOSH can ensure the
prototypes will be well-accepted by the
mining community.
To collect this type of information, a
field study must be conducted where
kneel-assist devices currently used in
the mining industry (i.e. kneepads) are
compared to the new prototype designs.
The study suggested here would take
approximately 13 months. NIOSH
received OMB approval in 2010 in order
to conduct the study. However, an
extension is being requested for this
project, as the kneepad prototype is still
under development and to date, no data
has been collected. Once a viable
prototype is available, testing will
commence and miners will start by
evaluating a control kneepad.
A pilot mine will be identified to test
the prototype kneel-assist devices prior
to commencing a full study. The data
collected at this pilot mine will ensure
that the prototype kneel-assist devices
are likely to be successful. Data will be
collected via interviews with individual
mine workers and through a focus group
where all mine workers come together
to express their opinions about the
devices. If the prototype kneel-assist
devices do not appear to be successful,
the data collected will be used to
adequately redesign them and the above
described process will begin again. If
the prototype kneel-assist devices
appear to be successful, the full study
will commence.
Once the full study is ready to
commence, cooperating mines will be
identified. Every month, the section
foreman at the cooperating mines will
be asked to supply some information
regarding the current mine
environment.
Initially, the mine workers will be
given a control kneel-assist device.
Currently, mine workers only utilize
kneepads as a kneel-assist device.
Therefore, only a control kneepad will
be provided. They will then be asked
some basic demographics information
such as their age and time in the mining
industry. Additional data will then be
collected at 1, 3, and 6 months after the
study commences. The mine workers
will be asked to provide their feedback
regarding factors such as body part
discomfort, usability, durability, and
ease of movement. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time.
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Section Foreman (pilot mine) ..........
Mine Workers (pilot mine—baseline)
Mine Workers (pilot mine—one
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Baseline Form .................................
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Total burden
(in hours)
Respondents
Form name
Mine Workers (pilot mine—focus
group).
Section Foreman (full study) ............
Mine Workers (full study—baseline)
Mine Workers (full study—1, 3, and
6 months for control and prototypes).
Focus Group Questions ..................
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Section Foreman Form ...................
Baseline Form .................................
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Science Integrity,
Office of the Associate Director for Science,
Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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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 404–639–7570 and
send comments to Kimberly Lane, at
1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta,
GA 30333 or send an email to
omb@cdc.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
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
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Proposed Project
The National Voluntary
Environmental Assessment Information
System (NVEAIS)—New—National
Center for Environmental Health
(NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
VerDate Mar<15>2010
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
The CDC is requesting OMB approval
for the National Voluntary
Environmental Assessment Information
System (NVEAIS) to collect data from
foodborne illness outbreak
environmental assessments routinely
conducted by local, state, territorial, or
tribal food safety programs during
outbreak investigations. Environmental
assessment data are not currently
collected at the national level. The data
reported through this information
system will provide timely data on the
causes of outbreaks, including
environmental factors associated with
outbreaks, and are essential to
environmental public health regulators’
efforts to respond more effectively to
outbreaks and prevent future, similar
outbreaks. This information system is
specifically designed to link to CDC’s
existing disease outbreak surveillance
system (National Outbreak Reporting
System).
The information system was
developed by the Environmental Health
Specialists Network (EHS–Net), a
collaborative project of CDC, the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), and nine states (California,
Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, New York,
Minnesota, Oregon, Rhode Island, and
Tennessee). The network consists of
environmental health specialists (EHSs),
epidemiologists, and laboratorians. The
EHS–Net has developed a standardized
protocol for identifying, reporting, and
analyzing data relevant to foodborne
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illness outbreak environmental
assessments.
While conducting environmental
assessments during outbreak
investigations is routine for food safety
program officials, reporting information
from the environmental assessments to
CDC is not routine. Thus, state, local,
tribal, and territorial food safety
program officials are the respondents for
this data collection—one official from
each participating program will report
environmental assessment data on
outbreaks. These programs are typically
located in public health or agriculture
agencies. There are approximately 3,000
such agencies in the United States.
Thus, although it is not possible to
determine how many programs will
choose to participate, as NVEAIS is
voluntary, the maximum potential
number of program respondents is
approximately 3,000.
These programs will be reporting data
on outbreaks, not their programs or
personnel. It is not possible to
determine exactly how many outbreaks
will occur in the future, nor where they
will occur. However, we can estimate
that, based on existing data, a maximum
of 1,400 foodborne illness outbreaks
will occur annually. Only programs in
the jurisdictions in which these
outbreaks occur would report to
NVEAIS. Thus, not every program will
respond every year. Consequently, the
respondent burden estimate is based on
the number of outbreaks likely to occur
each year. Assuming each outbreak
occurs in a different jurisdiction, there
will be one respondent per outbreak.
There are two activities associated
with NVEAIS that require a burden
estimate. The first is entering all
requested environmental assessment
data into NVEAIS. This will be done
once for each outbreak. This will take
approximately 2 hours per outbreak.
The second activity is the manager
interview that will be conducted at each
establishment associated with an
outbreak. Most outbreaks are associated
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60-Day 12-0843]
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 404-639-7570
and send comments to Kimberly S. Lane, at CDC 1600 Clifton Road, MS-
D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information 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
Field Evaluation of Prototype Kneel-assist Devices in Low-seam
Mining (0920-0843, Expiration 1/31/2013)--Extension--National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
NIOSH, under Public Law 91-596, Sections 20 and 22 (Section 20-22,
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) has the responsibility to
conduct research relating to innovative methods, techniques, and
approaches dealing with occupational safety and health problems.
According to the Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
injury database, 227 knee injuries were reported in underground coal
mining in 2007. With data from the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), it can be estimated that the financial
burden of knee injuries was nearly three million dollars in 2007.
Typically, mine workers utilize kneepads to better distribute the
pressures at the knee. The effectiveness of these kneepads was only
recently investigated in a study by NIOSH that has not yet been
published. The results of this study demonstrated that kneepads do
decrease the maximum stress applied to the knee, albeit, not
drastically. Additionally, the average pressure across the knee remains
similar to the case where subjects wore no kneepads at all. Thus, the
injury data and the results of this study suggest the need for the
improved design of kneel-assist devices such as kneepads. NIOSH is
currently undertaking the task of designing more effective kneel-assist
devices such as a kneepad and a padded support worn at the ankle where
mine workers can comfortably rest their body weight.
These devices must also be field tested to verify they do not
result in body discomfort or inadvertent accidents. It is also
important to determine how usable and durable these devices are in the
harsh mining environment. In order to quantitatively demonstrate that
these prototype devices are superior to their predecessors, mine
workers using these prototypes must be interviewed. Their feedback will
identify any necessary changes to the design of the devices such that
NIOSH can ensure the prototypes will be well-accepted by the mining
community.
To collect this type of information, a field study must be
conducted where kneel-assist devices currently used in the mining
industry (i.e. kneepads) are compared to the new prototype designs. The
study suggested here would take approximately 13 months. NIOSH received
OMB approval in 2010 in order to conduct the study. However, an
extension is being requested for this project, as the kneepad prototype
is still under development and to date, no data has been collected.
Once a viable prototype is available, testing will commence and miners
will start by evaluating a control kneepad.
A pilot mine will be identified to test the prototype kneel-assist
devices prior to commencing a full study. The data collected at this
pilot mine will ensure that the prototype kneel-assist devices are
likely to be successful. Data will be collected via interviews with
individual mine workers and through a focus group where all mine
workers come together to express their opinions about the devices. If
the prototype kneel-assist devices do not appear to be successful, the
data collected will be used to adequately redesign them and the above
described process will begin again. If the prototype kneel-assist
devices appear to be successful, the full study will commence.
Once the full study is ready to commence, cooperating mines will be
identified. Every month, the section foreman at the cooperating mines
will be asked to supply some information regarding the current mine
environment.
Initially, the mine workers will be given a control kneel-assist
device. Currently, mine workers only utilize kneepads as a kneel-assist
device. Therefore, only a control kneepad will be provided. They will
then be asked some basic demographics information such as their age and
time in the mining industry. Additional data will then be collected at
1, 3, and 6 months after the study commences. The mine workers will be
asked to provide their feedback regarding factors such as body part
discomfort, usability, durability, and ease of movement. There is no
cost to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section Foreman (pilot mine). Section Foreman 1 1 10/60 0.2
Form.
Mine Workers (pilot mine-- Baseline Form... 9 1 20/60 3
baseline).
Mine Workers (pilot mine--one 1, 3, and 6 9 1 30/60 5
month). months forms.
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Mine Workers (pilot mine-- Focus Group 9 1 1 9
focus group). Questions.
Section Foreman (full study). Section Foreman 6 12 10/60 12
Form.
Mine Workers (full study-- Baseline Form... 54 1 20/60 18
baseline).
Mine Workers (full study--1, 1, 3, and 6 54 6 25/60 135
3, and 6 months for control months forms.
and prototypes).
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Science Integrity, Office of the Associate
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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