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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office
of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60-Day–19–1104; Docket No. CDC–2018–
0114]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled Assessing the ‘‘Impact of
Organizational and Personal
Antecedents on Proactive Health/Safety
Decision Making’’. This study seeks to
empirically understand the factors and
conditions that contribute to mine
workers’ safe decisions (or lack thereof)
while completing job tasks.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before April 8, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2018–
0114 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
SUMMARY:
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To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Leroy A.
Richardson, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia
30329; phone: 404–639–7570; Email:
omb@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. 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;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. 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 submissions
of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Proposed Project
Assessing the Impact of
Organizational and Personal
Antecedents on Proactive Health/Safety
Decision Making (OMB Control Number
0920–1104, Expiration 2/28/2019) —
Extension—National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
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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 research relates to the interplay
of personal and organizational
influences on risk-taking and proactive
decision-making behaviors among mine
workers. The antecedents, or
characteristics, that impact these
behaviors are not well understood in
mining. Understanding the degree to
which antecedents influence at-risk
decisions can inform the focus of future
health and safety management
interventions.
NIOSH proposed a project that sought
to empirically understand the following:
(1) What are the most influential
organizational antecedent
characteristics that support worker
health and safety (H&S) performance
behaviors in the mining industry?
(2) What are the most influential
personal antecedent characteristics that
support worker health and safety (H&S)
performance behaviors in the mining
industry?
To answer the above questions,
NIOSH researchers developed a
psychometrically supported survey.
Researchers identified seven worker
perception-based ‘organizational values’
and four ‘personal characteristics’ that
are presumed to be important in
fostering H&S proactive behaviors.
Because these emergent, worker
perception-based constructs have a
theoretical and empirical history,
psychometrically tested items exist for
each of them.
Upon approval of the previous ICR,
which expires on February 28, 2019,
recruitment and data collection
occurred from February 2016 to March
2018 with 2,683 mineworkers. The data
was analyzed to answer the
organizational/personal characteristics
that have the biggest impact on
proactive and compliant health and
safety behaviors. Dominance and
relative weights analysis were used as
the data analysis method to statistically
rank order the importance of predictors
in numerous regression contexts. Safety
proactivity and safety compliance
served as the dependent variables in
these regression analyses, with the
organizational and personal
characteristics as independent variables.
Findings are being used to improve
the safety and health organizational
values and focus of mine organizations,
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as executed through their health and
safety management system for
mitigating health and safety risks at
their mine site. Specifically, if
organizations were lacking in values
that were of high importance among
employees, site leadership now knows
where to focus new, innovative
methods, techniques, and approaches to
dealing with their occupational safety
and health problems.
Finally, the data is being directly
compared to data from other mine
organizations that administered the
same standardized methods to provide
broader context for areas in which the
mining industry can focus more
attention if trying to encourage safer
work behavior. Therefore, the purpose
was not to isolate negative actions
among workers or mine management,
does not use the data in their final data
set to answer the research questions
posed, this effort is building good faith
with industry stakeholders and also
allows an opportunity to collect data for
other research projects. No recruitment
is being done for this effort, only data
is being collected as requested by
mining companies who have presence
across the world. Therefore, we would
like to keep this data collection open for
an additional one-year time period.
Participation will require no more
than 20 minutes of workers’ time during
one visit to the mine. There is no cost
to respondents other than their time. It
is estimated, based on industry interest,
that in this one year period no more
than 1,200 mineworkers will opt to
complete the survey and will be
between the ages of 18 and 75.
rather the purpose was to determine
what areas of a health and safety
management system mines can focus
their efforts to better support worker
health and safety decision making.
Data collection took place with mine
workers over the last three years with
minimal recruitment. The respondents
targeted for this study included any
active mine worker at a mine site, both
surface and underground. All
participants were between the ages of 18
and 75 and currently employed. Upon
consent from the mine, mine workers
were asked to complete the
organizational health and safety survey.
In the time that this project has been
open, there has been extensive interest
from companies. The demand is so great
that companies would like to continue
distributing the survey. Even if NIOSH
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Form name
Mine Worker ..................
Mine Worker ..................
Individual Miner Recruitment Script ....................
survey ..................................................................
1200
1200
1
1
5/60
15/60
100
300
Total ........................
..............................................................................
........................
........................
........................
400
Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office
of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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[30-Day–19–1105]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has submitted the information
collection request titled One Health
Harmful Algal Bloom System
(OHHABS) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. CDC previously published a
‘‘Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations’’ notice on October
15, 2018 to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC
received four comments related to the
previous notice. This notice serves to
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Number of
respondents
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Type of
respondents
allow an additional 30 days for public
and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this
proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:
(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
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Total burden
(in hours)
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the items contained in this
notice to the Attention: CDC Desk
Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395–5806. Provide written comments
within 30 days of notice publication.
Proposed Project
One Health Harmful Algal Bloom
System (OHHABS) (OMB Control No.
0920–1105, Exp. Date 03/31/2019)—
Extension—National Center for
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), National Center for
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases requests a three-year extension
for the One Health Harmful Algal Bloom
System (OHHABS) for harmful algal
bloom (HAB) and HAB-associated
illness surveillance.
Algal toxins from Harmful Algal
Blooms (HABs) include some of the
most potent natural chemicals; these
toxins can contaminate surface water
used for recreation and drinking, as well
as food sources. HABs pose a threat to
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[FR Doc No: 2019-01335]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60-Day-19-1104; Docket No. CDC-2018-0114]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled Assessing the ``Impact of
Organizational and Personal Antecedents on Proactive Health/Safety
Decision Making''. This study seeks to empirically understand the
factors and conditions that contribute to mine workers' safe decisions
(or lack thereof) while completing job tasks.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 8, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0114 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
omb@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. 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;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. 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
submissions of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Assessing the Impact of Organizational and Personal Antecedents on
Proactive Health/Safety Decision Making (OMB Control Number 0920-1104,
Expiration 2/28/2019) -- 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 1977) has the responsibility to
conduct research relating to innovative methods, techniques, and
approaches dealing with occupational safety and health problems.
This research relates to the interplay of personal and
organizational influences on risk-taking and proactive decision-making
behaviors among mine workers. The antecedents, or characteristics, that
impact these behaviors are not well understood in mining. Understanding
the degree to which antecedents influence at-risk decisions can inform
the focus of future health and safety management interventions.
NIOSH proposed a project that sought to empirically understand the
following:
(1) What are the most influential organizational antecedent
characteristics that support worker health and safety (H&S) performance
behaviors in the mining industry?
(2) What are the most influential personal antecedent
characteristics that support worker health and safety (H&S) performance
behaviors in the mining industry?
To answer the above questions, NIOSH researchers developed a
psychometrically supported survey. Researchers identified seven worker
perception-based `organizational values' and four `personal
characteristics' that are presumed to be important in fostering H&S
proactive behaviors. Because these emergent, worker perception-based
constructs have a theoretical and empirical history, psychometrically
tested items exist for each of them.
Upon approval of the previous ICR, which expires on February 28,
2019, recruitment and data collection occurred from February 2016 to
March 2018 with 2,683 mineworkers. The data was analyzed to answer the
organizational/personal characteristics that have the biggest impact on
proactive and compliant health and safety behaviors. Dominance and
relative weights analysis were used as the data analysis method to
statistically rank order the importance of predictors in numerous
regression contexts. Safety proactivity and safety compliance served as
the dependent variables in these regression analyses, with the
organizational and personal characteristics as independent variables.
Findings are being used to improve the safety and health
organizational values and focus of mine organizations,
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as executed through their health and safety management system for
mitigating health and safety risks at their mine site. Specifically, if
organizations were lacking in values that were of high importance among
employees, site leadership now knows where to focus new, innovative
methods, techniques, and approaches to dealing with their occupational
safety and health problems.
Finally, the data is being directly compared to data from other
mine organizations that administered the same standardized methods to
provide broader context for areas in which the mining industry can
focus more attention if trying to encourage safer work behavior.
Therefore, the purpose was not to isolate negative actions among
workers or mine management, rather the purpose was to determine what
areas of a health and safety management system mines can focus their
efforts to better support worker health and safety decision making.
Data collection took place with mine workers over the last three
years with minimal recruitment. The respondents targeted for this study
included any active mine worker at a mine site, both surface and
underground. All participants were between the ages of 18 and 75 and
currently employed. Upon consent from the mine, mine workers were asked
to complete the organizational health and safety survey.
In the time that this project has been open, there has been
extensive interest from companies. The demand is so great that
companies would like to continue distributing the survey. Even if NIOSH
does not use the data in their final data set to answer the research
questions posed, this effort is building good faith with industry
stakeholders and also allows an opportunity to collect data for other
research projects. No recruitment is being done for this effort, only
data is being collected as requested by mining companies who have
presence across the world. Therefore, we would like to keep this data
collection open for an additional one-year time period.
Participation will require no more than 20 minutes of workers' time
during one visit to the mine. There is no cost to respondents other
than their time. It is estimated, based on industry interest, that in
this one year period no more than 1,200 mineworkers will opt to
complete the survey and will be between the ages of 18 and 75.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mine Worker.................................... Individual Miner Recruitment Script.... 1200 1 5/60 100
Mine Worker.................................... survey................................. 1200 1 15/60 300
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 400
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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