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Future Directions for the Surveillance
of Agricultural Injuries; Public Meeting;
Request for Comments
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health of the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention announces a public meeting
and an opportunity to comment on
future directions for the surveillance of
injuries within the agricultural
production industry. To view the notice
and related materials visit https://
www.regulations.gov and enter CDC–
2015–0005 in the search field and click
‘‘Search.’’
Public comment period: Comments
must be received May 27, 2015.
SUMMARY:
Table of Contents
• DATE
• FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT
• SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Background
II. Public Meeting
III. Written Comments
A public meeting will be held on
March 30, 2015, 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time, or after the last public
commenter has spoken, whichever
occurs first. The public meeting will be
held as a web-based conference only
available by remote access.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kitty Hendricks, Division of Safety
Research, 1095 Willowdale Road, MS
1808, Morgantown, West Virginia
26505–2888, (304) 285–5916 (not a toll
free number) or khendricks@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: NIOSH began a
coordinated program in 1990 to address
safety and health issues for workers and
families in the US agricultural
production industry. In support of this
program, NIOSH established an
ongoing, national-level surveillance
system to monitor injuries to hired farm
workers, farmers, and farm family
members. Data for the injury
surveillance system are primarily
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collected through surveys funded by
NIOSH and conducted by the US
Department of Agriculture’s National
Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA–
NASS) and the US Department of Labor
(DOL). These surveillance data are used
by NIOSH and others to estimate
injuries and injury rates and identify
safety hazards that increase injury risk.
Surveillance data have also been used
to show that the US agricultural
production industry has changed. Over
the past quarter century, both the size of
the workforce and the number of
injuries have declined. To maintain
statistically stable injury estimates with
the current approach of national-level
surveys, sample sizes would need to be
increased. As a result, this approach has
become more resource-intensive and is
no longer tenable for NIOSH.
Beginning in 2015, NIOSH will not
reestablish interagency agreements with
USDA–NASS and DOL to collect survey
data for the agricultural injury
surveillance system. This change in
surveillance approach presents an
opportunity for NIOSH to receive
stakeholder input and rigorously
examine future options for agricultural
injury surveillance.
To identify and assess different
options, NIOSH plans the following
activities: Hold the public meeting
announced in this notice to initiate a
national conversation regarding future
agricultural injury surveillance; seek
additional public comments through
this docket on the most urgent priorities
for injury surveillance in production
agriculture; examine what NIOSH and
agricultural injury stakeholders can do
to meet the overall need for agricultural
injury surveillance; support a
comprehensive, independent
assessment of recommendations
resulting from a 2007 National Academy
of Sciences (NAS) review and a 2012
follow-up independent panel review;
continue to engage with interested
parties as NIOSH plans its own future
directions for agricultural injury
surveillance; and seek input on the need
for a follow-up public meeting in Fall
2015 to discuss NIOSH’s future plans
after having considered input received
through the public meeting and public
comment period.
NIOSH is especially interested in
comments related to finding new ways
of doing surveillance using smarter,
more cost-effective approaches; shifting
surveillance from national to regional or
local approaches, in recognition of the
diversity of agricultural types in
different parts of the country; and
examining roles that partners can take to
address the need for smarter agricultural
injury surveillance.
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II. Public Meeting: NIOSH will hold a
public meeting to allow for comments
on future directions for surveillance of
injuries within the agricultural
production industry. The meeting is
open to the public, limited only by the
capacity of 100 connections to the Web
based conference.
Confirm your attendance to this
meeting by sending an email to
mgoldcamp@cdc.gov by March 16,
2015. An email confirming registration
will be sent from NIOSH and will
include details needed to participate.
Requests to make presentations at the
public meeting should be emailed to
mgoldcamp@cdc.gov by March 16,
2015. All requests to present should
contain the name, address, telephone
number, and relevant business
affiliations of the presenter. Presenters
will be assigned a 10-minute slot on the
agenda. Presenters who wish to use
slides must email an electronic file in
Microsoft PowerPoint format to
mgoldcamp@cdc.gov by March 16,
2015. An email confirming the
presentation request will be sent from
NIOSH and will include details needed
to present and an approximate start time
for the presentation.
If a presenter is not in attendance
when his/her presentation is scheduled
to begin, the remaining presenters will
be heard in order. After the last
scheduled presenter is heard, those who
missed their opportunity may be
allowed to present, limited by time
available.
Attendees who wish to speak, but did
not submit a request for the opportunity
to make a presentation, may be given
this opportunity after the scheduled
presenters are heard, at the discretion of
the presiding officer and limited by time
available.
The public meeting, including all
presentations and slides, will be
recorded, transcribed, and posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
III. Written Comments: You may
submit comments, identified by CDC–
2015–0005 and Docket Number NIOSH–
281, by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH
Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum Avenue
MS C–34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226–1998.
All information received in response
to this notice must include the agency
name and docket number [CDC–2015–
0005; NIOSH–281]. All relevant
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. All
electronic comments should be
formatted as Microsoft Word. All
information received in response to this
notice will also be available for public
examination and copying at the NIOSH
Docket Office, 1150 Tusculum Avenue,
Room 155, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226–
1998.
Dated: February 18, 2015.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[CDC-2015-0005, Docket Number NIOSH-281]
Future Directions for the Surveillance of Agricultural Injuries;
Public Meeting; Request for Comments
AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces a public
meeting and an opportunity to comment on future directions for the
surveillance of injuries within the agricultural production industry.
To view the notice and related materials visit https://www.regulations.gov and enter CDC-2015-0005 in the search field and
click ``Search.''
Public comment period: Comments must be received May 27, 2015.
Table of Contents
DATE
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Background
II. Public Meeting
III. Written Comments
DATES: A public meeting will be held on March 30, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:00
p.m. Eastern Time, or after the last public commenter has spoken,
whichever occurs first. The public meeting will be held as a web-based
conference only available by remote access.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty Hendricks, Division of Safety
Research, 1095 Willowdale Road, MS 1808, Morgantown, West Virginia
26505-2888, (304) 285-5916 (not a toll free number) or
khendricks@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: NIOSH began a coordinated program in 1990 to address
safety and health issues for workers and families in the US
agricultural production industry. In support of this program, NIOSH
established an ongoing, national-level surveillance system to monitor
injuries to hired farm workers, farmers, and farm family members. Data
for the injury surveillance system are primarily collected through
surveys funded by NIOSH and conducted by the US Department of
Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA-NASS) and
the US Department of Labor (DOL). These surveillance data are used by
NIOSH and others to estimate injuries and injury rates and identify
safety hazards that increase injury risk.
Surveillance data have also been used to show that the US
agricultural production industry has changed. Over the past quarter
century, both the size of the workforce and the number of injuries have
declined. To maintain statistically stable injury estimates with the
current approach of national-level surveys, sample sizes would need to
be increased. As a result, this approach has become more resource-
intensive and is no longer tenable for NIOSH.
Beginning in 2015, NIOSH will not reestablish interagency
agreements with USDA-NASS and DOL to collect survey data for the
agricultural injury surveillance system. This change in surveillance
approach presents an opportunity for NIOSH to receive stakeholder input
and rigorously examine future options for agricultural injury
surveillance.
To identify and assess different options, NIOSH plans the following
activities: Hold the public meeting announced in this notice to
initiate a national conversation regarding future agricultural injury
surveillance; seek additional public comments through this docket on
the most urgent priorities for injury surveillance in production
agriculture; examine what NIOSH and agricultural injury stakeholders
can do to meet the overall need for agricultural injury surveillance;
support a comprehensive, independent assessment of recommendations
resulting from a 2007 National Academy of Sciences (NAS) review and a
2012 follow-up independent panel review; continue to engage with
interested parties as NIOSH plans its own future directions for
agricultural injury surveillance; and seek input on the need for a
follow-up public meeting in Fall 2015 to discuss NIOSH's future plans
after having considered input received through the public meeting and
public comment period.
NIOSH is especially interested in comments related to finding new
ways of doing surveillance using smarter, more cost-effective
approaches; shifting surveillance from national to regional or local
approaches, in recognition of the diversity of agricultural types in
different parts of the country; and examining roles that partners can
take to address the need for smarter agricultural injury surveillance.
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II. Public Meeting: NIOSH will hold a public meeting to allow for
comments on future directions for surveillance of injuries within the
agricultural production industry. The meeting is open to the public,
limited only by the capacity of 100 connections to the Web based
conference.
Confirm your attendance to this meeting by sending an email to
mgoldcamp@cdc.gov by March 16, 2015. An email confirming registration
will be sent from NIOSH and will include details needed to participate.
Requests to make presentations at the public meeting should be
emailed to mgoldcamp@cdc.gov by March 16, 2015. All requests to present
should contain the name, address, telephone number, and relevant
business affiliations of the presenter. Presenters will be assigned a
10-minute slot on the agenda. Presenters who wish to use slides must
email an electronic file in Microsoft PowerPoint format to
mgoldcamp@cdc.gov by March 16, 2015. An email confirming the
presentation request will be sent from NIOSH and will include details
needed to present and an approximate start time for the presentation.
If a presenter is not in attendance when his/her presentation is
scheduled to begin, the remaining presenters will be heard in order.
After the last scheduled presenter is heard, those who missed their
opportunity may be allowed to present, limited by time available.
Attendees who wish to speak, but did not submit a request for the
opportunity to make a presentation, may be given this opportunity after
the scheduled presenters are heard, at the discretion of the presiding
officer and limited by time available.
The public meeting, including all presentations and slides, will be
recorded, transcribed, and posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
III. Written Comments: You may submit comments, identified by CDC-
2015-0005 and Docket Number NIOSH-281, by either of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, NIOSH Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum Avenue MS C-34, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45226-1998.
All information received in response to this notice must include
the agency name and docket number [CDC-2015-0005; NIOSH-281]. All
relevant comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. All
electronic comments should be formatted as Microsoft Word. All
information received in response to this notice will also be available
for public examination and copying at the NIOSH Docket Office, 1150
Tusculum Avenue, Room 155, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226-1998.
Dated: February 18, 2015.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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