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285–5976.
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and Services Office, has been delegated
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meetings and other committee
management activities, for both the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
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.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
Proposed Project
Enhancing Dialogue and Execution of
Dust Reduction Behaviors through
Workgroup Communication—New—
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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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.
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Background and Brief Description
NIOSH, under Public Law 91–596,
Sections 20 and 22 (Section 20–22,
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1977) has the responsibility to conduct
research relating to innovative methods,
techniques, and approaches dealing
with occupational safety and health
problems.
This project focuses on mineworkers’
overexposure to respirable coal dust and
how using the Continuous Personal
Dust Monitor (CPDM), as an educational
tool, can help provide information to
mineworkers and their respective
workgroups and shift leaders (i.e.,
frontline supervisors, shift foremen,
etc), about ways to reduce respirable
coal dust exposure in their work
environment. NIOSH proposes a threeyear approval for a project that seeks to
understand what group communication
practices are important for mineworker
H&S and how those practices can be
developed, implemented, and
maintained over time. The following
questions guide this study: What impact
does a communication/technology
intervention model that was designed
and implemented have on: (1) Workers’
health/safety behaviors, including those
that lower exposure to dust; (2) workers’
perceptions of their organizations’
health and safety values; and (3) the
types of health and safety management
practices identified and utilized by
mine site leaders to support workers’
health/safety behaviors?
To answer the above questions,
NIOSH researchers developed an
intervention that focuses on workers’
communication about and subsequent
actions taken to reduce respirable dust
exposure over time, using information
provided by their Continuous Personal
Dust Monitor (CPDM). The intervention
will inform how workgroups
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communicate with each other and their
shift supervisor about health and how
this communication impacts individual
behavior such as corrective dust actions
taken by workers.
A new rule (CFR part 70) that passed
May 1, 2014, requires mine operators to
use CPDMs by February 1, 2016, for
designated occupations. Continuous
Personal Dust Monitors are wearable
devices that provide miners with near
real-time feedback about their level of
respirable coal dust exposure. However,
they do not ensure that miners will use
the information to reduce their level of
exposure. With the stricter regulations
that just passed the opportunity to
proactively improve communication
around the CPDM and identify
appropriate corrective actions, as
required by the Mine Health and Safety
Administration, is favorable.
In response, an intervention was
designed to involve workers in the
interpretation of CPDM feedback and
discuss, with their coworkers/
workgroups and respective shift leaders,
potential changes to work practices that
can decrease exposure to respirable coal
mine dust. Data is collected no more
than three times throughout a six-week
study period (i.e., pre, mid, and post
assessments). Data collection includes a
pre/post survey and focus groups with
workers and site leaders. These focus
groups function as ‘‘safety circles.’’
Safety circles are used to communicate
and encourage specific behavior
changes. A typical circle includes a
facilitator or leader (who directs the
meetings), 7–10 members, and one-hour
weekly meetings that take place during
the workday.
NIOSH proposes this intervention
design at no less than three but no more
than five coal mine sites. Coal mine
sites will be recruited who have
inquired interest in learning how to
improve utility of the CPDM on their
site and/or interest in improving their
employees’ communication efforts. Only
a small sample of workers will
participate at each mine site because of
the time required for completion and to
ensure the longitudinal data can be
adequately collected over the six weeks.
In other words, we would rather collect
data multiple times with the same
worker and have fewer participants than
collect data from more workers but not
have the ability to appropriately followup during the subsequent visits.
Data collection will take place over
three years. The respondents targeted
for this study include any active mine
worker and any active site leader at a
coal mine site. It is estimated that a
sample of up to 150 mine workers will
participate, which includes
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participating in three focus groups (in
the form of safety circle workgroup
meetings) that will take approximately
60 minutes. The 60 minutes includes a
30 minute discussion and the
completion of a focus group worksheet
and at one point, a dust control
worksheet. The focus groups will
debrief general CPDM data so
participants can dialogue about ways to
lower their exposure levels. In addition,
workers will be asked to complete a pre
and post survey (∼15 minutes). It also is
estimated that a sample of up to nine
mine site leaders will participate in the
form of interviews/focus groups about
HSMS practices at the same mining
operations which have agreed to
participate, and complete a dust
assessment form. The interviews/focus
groups also will occur two to three
times during each of the NIOSH field
visits and will take no more than 45
minutes each. All participants will be
between the ages of 18 and 75, currently
employed, and living in the United
States. Participation will require no
more than 3 hours of workers’ time over
the six-week intervention and no more
than 2.5 hours of site leaders’ time over
the six-week intervention period.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time. The total burden in time
is an estimated 64 burden hours.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondent
Mine & Health Safety Managers/Leaders.
Individual Mine Workers .........
3
1
5/60
Worksite Leadership Interview/Focus Group Guide ..............
Controls to Reduce Respirable Dust Exposure Assessment
Worksheet for Workers and Management.
Mine Worker Recruitment Script ............................................
Pre/Post Mine Worker Survey ................................................
Mine Worker CPDM Focus Group Guide ..............................
Controls to Reduce Respirable Dust Exposure Assessment
Worksheet for Workers and Management.
Mine Worker Focus Group Worksheet ..................................
3
3
3
1
45/60
15/60
50
50
50
50
1
2
3
1
5/60
15/60
30/60
15/60
50
3
15/60
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Subcommittee for Dose
Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR),
Advisory Board on Radiation and
Worker Health (ABRWH or the
Advisory Board), National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC),
announces the following meeting for the
aforementioned subcommittee:
TIME AND DATE: 10:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
EDT, June 24, 2015
PLACE: Audio Conference Call via FTS
Conferencing.
STATUS: Open to the public, but without
a public comment period. The public is
welcome to submit written comments in
advance of the meeting, to the contact
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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Mine Recruitment and Participation Script .............................
Leroy A. 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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responses per
respondent
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respondents
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person below. Written comments
received in advance of the meeting will
be included in the official record of the
meeting. The public is also welcome to
listen to the meeting by joining the
teleconference at the USA toll-free, dialin number at 1–866–659–0537 and the
pass code is 9933701.
BACKGROUND: The Advisory Board was
established under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act of 2000 to advise the
President on a variety of policy and
technical functions required to
implement and effectively manage the
new compensation program. Key
functions of the Advisory Board include
providing advice on the development of
probability of causation guidelines that
have been promulgated by the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) as a final rule; advice on
methods of dose reconstruction, which
have also been promulgated by HHS as
a final rule; advice on the scientific
validity and quality of dose estimation
and reconstruction efforts being
performed for purposes of the
compensation program; and advice on
petitions to add classes of workers to the
Special Exposure Cohort (SEC).
In December 2000, the President
delegated responsibility for funding,
staffing, and operating the Advisory
Board to HHS, which subsequently
delegated this authority to CDC. NIOSH
implements this responsibility for CDC.
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The charter was issued on August 3,
2001, renewed at appropriate intervals,
and will expire on August 3, 2015.
PURPOSE: The Advisory Board is
charged with (a) providing advice to the
Secretary, HHS, on the development of
guidelines under E.O. 13179; (b)
providing advice to the Secretary, HHS,
on the scientific validity and quality of
dose reconstruction efforts performed
for this program; and (c) upon request
by the Secretary, HHS, advise the
Secretary on whether there is a class of
employees at any Department of Energy
facility who were exposed to radiation
but for whom it is not feasible to
estimate their radiation dose, and on
whether there is reasonable likelihood
that such radiation doses may have
endangered the health of members of
this class. The Subcommittee for Dose
Reconstruction Reviews was established
to aid the Advisory Board in carrying
out its duty to advise the Secretary,
HHS, on dose reconstruction.
MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION: The agenda for
the Subcommittee meeting includes the
following dose reconstruction program
quality management and assurance
activities: Current findings from NIOSH
and Advisory Board dose reconstruction
blind reviews; dose reconstruction cases
under review from Sets 14–18,
including the Oak Ridge sites (Y–12, K–
25, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and
Savannah River Site; preparation of the
Advisory Board’s next report to the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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 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
Enhancing Dialogue and Execution of Dust Reduction Behaviors
through Workgroup Communication--New--National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
NIOSH, under Public Law 91-596, Sections 20 and 22 (Section 20-22,
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1977) has the responsibility to
conduct research relating to innovative methods, techniques, and
approaches dealing with occupational safety and health problems.
This project focuses on mineworkers' overexposure to respirable
coal dust and how using the Continuous Personal Dust Monitor (CPDM), as
an educational tool, can help provide information to mineworkers and
their respective workgroups and shift leaders (i.e., frontline
supervisors, shift foremen, etc), about ways to reduce respirable coal
dust exposure in their work environment. NIOSH proposes a three-year
approval for a project that seeks to understand what group
communication practices are important for mineworker H&S and how those
practices can be developed, implemented, and maintained over time. The
following questions guide this study: What impact does a communication/
technology intervention model that was designed and implemented have
on: (1) Workers' health/safety behaviors, including those that lower
exposure to dust; (2) workers' perceptions of their organizations'
health and safety values; and (3) the types of health and safety
management practices identified and utilized by mine site leaders to
support workers' health/safety behaviors?
To answer the above questions, NIOSH researchers developed an
intervention that focuses on workers' communication about and
subsequent actions taken to reduce respirable dust exposure over time,
using information provided by their Continuous Personal Dust Monitor
(CPDM). The intervention will inform how workgroups communicate with
each other and their shift supervisor about health and how this
communication impacts individual behavior such as corrective dust
actions taken by workers.
A new rule (CFR part 70) that passed May 1, 2014, requires mine
operators to use CPDMs by February 1, 2016, for designated occupations.
Continuous Personal Dust Monitors are wearable devices that provide
miners with near real-time feedback about their level of respirable
coal dust exposure. However, they do not ensure that miners will use
the information to reduce their level of exposure. With the stricter
regulations that just passed the opportunity to proactively improve
communication around the CPDM and identify appropriate corrective
actions, as required by the Mine Health and Safety Administration, is
favorable.
In response, an intervention was designed to involve workers in the
interpretation of CPDM feedback and discuss, with their coworkers/
workgroups and respective shift leaders, potential changes to work
practices that can decrease exposure to respirable coal mine dust. Data
is collected no more than three times throughout a six-week study
period (i.e., pre, mid, and post assessments). Data collection includes
a pre/post survey and focus groups with workers and site leaders. These
focus groups function as ``safety circles.'' Safety circles are used to
communicate and encourage specific behavior changes. A typical circle
includes a facilitator or leader (who directs the meetings), 7-10
members, and one-hour weekly meetings that take place during the
workday.
NIOSH proposes this intervention design at no less than three but
no more than five coal mine sites. Coal mine sites will be recruited
who have inquired interest in learning how to improve utility of the
CPDM on their site and/or interest in improving their employees'
communication efforts. Only a small sample of workers will participate
at each mine site because of the time required for completion and to
ensure the longitudinal data can be adequately collected over the six
weeks. In other words, we would rather collect data multiple times with
the same worker and have fewer participants than collect data from more
workers but not have the ability to appropriately follow-up during the
subsequent visits.
Data collection will take place over three years. The respondents
targeted for this study include any active mine worker and any active
site leader at a coal mine site. It is estimated that a sample of up to
150 mine workers will participate, which includes
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participating in three focus groups (in the form of safety circle
workgroup meetings) that will take approximately 60 minutes. The 60
minutes includes a 30 minute discussion and the completion of a focus
group worksheet and at one point, a dust control worksheet. The focus
groups will debrief general CPDM data so participants can dialogue
about ways to lower their exposure levels. In addition, workers will be
asked to complete a pre and post survey (~15 minutes). It also is
estimated that a sample of up to nine mine site leaders will
participate in the form of interviews/focus groups about HSMS practices
at the same mining operations which have agreed to participate, and
complete a dust assessment form. The interviews/focus groups also will
occur two to three times during each of the NIOSH field visits and will
take no more than 45 minutes each. All participants will be between the
ages of 18 and 75, currently employed, and living in the United States.
Participation will require no more than 3 hours of workers' time over
the six-week intervention and no more than 2.5 hours of site leaders'
time over the six-week intervention period.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total
burden in time is an estimated 64 burden hours.
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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Mine & Health Safety Managers/ Mine Recruitment and 3 1 5/60
Leaders. Participation Script.
Worksite Leadership 3 3 45/60
Interview/Focus Group
Guide.
Controls to Reduce 3 1 15/60
Respirable Dust Exposure
Assessment Worksheet for
Workers and Management.
Individual Mine Workers............ Mine Worker Recruitment 50 1 5/60
Script.
Pre/Post Mine Worker Survey 50 2 15/60
Mine Worker CPDM Focus 50 3 30/60
Group Guide.
Controls to Reduce 50 1 15/60
Respirable Dust Exposure
Assessment Worksheet for
Workers and Management.
Mine Worker Focus Group 50 3 15/60
Worksheet.
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Leroy A. 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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