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Notice Pursuant to the National
Cooperative Research and Production
Act of 1993—Cooperative Research
Group on Energy Storage System
Evaluation and Safety II
Notice is hereby given that, on April
30, 2019, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the
National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301
et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Southwest Research
Institute—Cooperative Research Group
on Energy Storage System Evaluation
and Safety II (‘‘EssEs-II’’) has filed
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with the Attorney General and the
Federal Trade Commission disclosing
changes in its membership. The
notifications were filed for the purpose
of extending the Act’s provisions
limiting the recovery of antitrust
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specified circumstances. Specifically,
ANSYS, Inc., Canonsburg, PA; and
KOMATSU America Corp., Peoria, IL,
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notice was published in the Federal
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
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Suzanne Morris,
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Antitrust Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities;
Comment Request
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
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The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the ‘‘Census of Fatal Occupational
Injuries.’’ A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can
be obtained by contacting the individual
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before July 29, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora
Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
fax to (202) 691–5111 (this is not a toll
free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, at
(202)691–7628. (See ADDRESSES
section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Background
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
was delegated responsibility by the
Secretary of Labor for implementing
Section 24(a) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970. This section
states that ‘‘the Secretary shall compile
accurate statistics on work injuries and
illnesses which shall include all
disabling, serious, or significant injuries
and illnesses . . .’’
Prior to the implementation of the
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
(CFOI), the BLS generated estimates of
occupational fatalities for private sector
employers from a sample survey of
about 280,000 establishments. Studies
showed that occupational fatalities were
underreported in those estimates as well
as in those compiled by regulatory, vital
statistics, and workers’ compensation
systems. Estimates prior to the CFOI
varied widely, ranging from 3,000 to
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10,000 fatal work injuries annually. In
addition, information needed to develop
prevention strategies were often missing
from these earlier programs.
In the late 1980s, the National
Academy of Sciences study, Counting
Injuries and Illnesses in the Workplace,
and another report, Keystone National
Policy Dialogue on Work-Related Illness
and Injury Recordkeeping, emphasized
the need for the BLS to compile a
complete roster of work-related fatalities
because of concern over the accuracy of
using a sample survey to estimate the
incidence of occupational fatalities.
These studies also recommended the
use of all available data sources to
compile detailed information for fatality
prevention efforts.
The BLS tested the feasibility of
collecting fatality data in this manner in
1989 and 1990. The resulting CFOI was
implemented in 32 States in 1991.
National data covering all 50 States,
New York City, and the District of
Columbia have been compiled and
published annually for years 1992
through 2014, approximately eight
months after the end of each calendar
year, with final data being published 16
months after the end of each calendar
year. Since 2015, CFOI has moved to a
single release of final data, 12 months
after the end of each calendar year.
The CFOI compiles comprehensive,
accurate, and timely information on
work-injury fatalities needed to develop
effective prevention strategies. The
system collects information concerning
the incident, the demographic
information of the deceased, and the
characteristics of the employer.
Data are used to:
• Develop employee safety training
programs.
• Develop and assess the
effectiveness of safety standards.
• Conduct research for developing
prevention strategies.
In addition, State partners use the
data to publish State reports, to identify
State-specific hazards, to allocate
resources for promoting safety in the
workplace, and to evaluate the quality
of work life in the State.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the Census
of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
In 2017, 5,147 workers lost their lives
as a result of injuries received on the
job. This official systematic, verifiable
count mutes controversy over the
various counts from different sources.
The CFOI count has been adopted by
the National Safety Council and other
organizations as the sole source of a
comprehensive count of fatal work
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injuries for the U.S. If this information
were not collected, the confusion over
the number and patterns in fatal
occupational injuries would hamper
prevention efforts. By providing timely
occupational fatality data, the CFOI
provides safety and health managers the
information necessary to respond to
emerging workplace hazards.
During 2018, BLS national office
responded to over 400 requests for CFOI
data from various organizations. (This
figure excludes requests received by the
States for State-specific data.) In
addition, the CFOI page of the BLS
website averaged about 11,300 users per
month in 2017.
National office staff also responded to
numerous requests from safety
organizations for staff members to
participate in safety conferences and
seminars. The CFOI research file, made
available to safety and health groups, is
being used by 14 organizations. Study
topics include fatalities by worker
demographic category (young workers,
older workers, Hispanic workers); by
occupation or industry (construction
workers, police officers, firefighters,
landscaping workers, workers in oil and
gas extraction); by event (heat-related
fatalities, fatalities from workplace
violence, suicides, falls from ladders); or
other research such as safety and health
program effectiveness and the impact of
fatality risk on wages. A current list of
research articles and reports that
include CFOI data can be found here:
https://www.bls.gov/iif/publications.htm.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• 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.
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
Number of
respondents
Type of form
Burden hours
BLS CFOI–1 ......................................................................
Source documents—Federal ............................................
Source documents—State, local, and tribal .....................
837
7
220
837
11
14,756
279
70
2,459
Totals .........................................................................
1,064
15,604
2,808
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, on May 21,
2019.
Mark Staniorski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA); extension of
closing date for applications.
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Number of
responses
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• 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.
Title of Collection: Census of Fatal
Occupational Injuries.
OMB Number: 1220–0133.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Federal government;
Individuals or households; Private
sector (Business or other for-profits,
Not-for-profit institutions, Farms); State,
local, or tribal governments.
Frequency: On occasion.
Announcement Type: New
Funding Opportunity Number: FOA BS–
2019–1
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 17.603
SUMMARY: On March 25, 2019, MSHA
published a Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) that provides
grant funds for education and training
programs to help identify, avoid, and
prevent unsafe working conditions in
and around mines. The notice
announced the closing date for
applications was 60 days after the FOA
was published on March 25, 2019.
MSHA is extending the closing date to
June 28, 2019.
DATES: The closing date for applications
will be June 28, 2019, (no later than
11:59 p.m. EDT). MSHA will award
grants on or before September 30, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Grant applications for this
competition must be submitted
electronically through the Grants.gov
site at www.grants.gov. If applying
online poses a hardship to any
applicant, the MSHA Directorate of
Educational Policy and Development
will provide.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
questions regarding this FOA BS–2019–
1 should be directed to Janice Oates at
oates.janice@dol.gov or 202–693–9573
(this is not a toll-free number) or Cindy
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Average response time
20 minutes per document.
10 hours per year per agency.
10 minutes per document.
Hennigan at hennigan.cindy@dol.gov or
202–693–9570 (this is not a toll-free
number).
On March
25, 2019, MSHA published a notice
announcing that the Agency is
providing up to $400,000 for the 2019
Brookwood-Sago grant program (84 FR
11127). The focus of these grants will be
training programs and training materials
on powered haulage safety (i.e.,
reducing vehicle-on-vehicle collisions,
increasing seat belt use, and improving
belt conveyor safety), examinations of
working places at metal and nonmetal
mines, mine emergency prevention and
preparedness, or other programs to
prevent unsafe conditions in and
around mines. The FOA published on
March 25, 2019, provides the
background information and the
requirements for the projects funded
under the solicitation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
David G. Zatezalo,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety
and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood,
and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension of the ``Census of Fatal
Occupational Injuries.'' A copy of the proposed information collection
request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or before July 29, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also
may be transmitted by fax to (202) 691-5111 (this is not a toll free
number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
at (202)691-7628. (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was delegated responsibility
by the Secretary of Labor for implementing Section 24(a) of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. This section states that
``the Secretary shall compile accurate statistics on work injuries and
illnesses which shall include all disabling, serious, or significant
injuries and illnesses . . .''
Prior to the implementation of the Census of Fatal Occupational
Injuries (CFOI), the BLS generated estimates of occupational fatalities
for private sector employers from a sample survey of about 280,000
establishments. Studies showed that occupational fatalities were
underreported in those estimates as well as in those compiled by
regulatory, vital statistics, and workers' compensation systems.
Estimates prior to the CFOI varied widely, ranging from 3,000 to 10,000
fatal work injuries annually. In addition, information needed to
develop prevention strategies were often missing from these earlier
programs.
In the late 1980s, the National Academy of Sciences study, Counting
Injuries and Illnesses in the Workplace, and another report, Keystone
National Policy Dialogue on Work-Related Illness and Injury
Recordkeeping, emphasized the need for the BLS to compile a complete
roster of work-related fatalities because of concern over the accuracy
of using a sample survey to estimate the incidence of occupational
fatalities. These studies also recommended the use of all available
data sources to compile detailed information for fatality prevention
efforts.
The BLS tested the feasibility of collecting fatality data in this
manner in 1989 and 1990. The resulting CFOI was implemented in 32
States in 1991. National data covering all 50 States, New York City,
and the District of Columbia have been compiled and published annually
for years 1992 through 2014, approximately eight months after the end
of each calendar year, with final data being published 16 months after
the end of each calendar year. Since 2015, CFOI has moved to a single
release of final data, 12 months after the end of each calendar year.
The CFOI compiles comprehensive, accurate, and timely information
on work-injury fatalities needed to develop effective prevention
strategies. The system collects information concerning the incident,
the demographic information of the deceased, and the characteristics of
the employer.
Data are used to:
Develop employee safety training programs.
Develop and assess the effectiveness of safety standards.
Conduct research for developing prevention strategies.
In addition, State partners use the data to publish State reports,
to identify State-specific hazards, to allocate resources for promoting
safety in the workplace, and to evaluate the quality of work life in
the State.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
In 2017, 5,147 workers lost their lives as a result of injuries
received on the job. This official systematic, verifiable count mutes
controversy over the various counts from different sources. The CFOI
count has been adopted by the National Safety Council and other
organizations as the sole source of a comprehensive count of fatal work
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injuries for the U.S. If this information were not collected, the
confusion over the number and patterns in fatal occupational injuries
would hamper prevention efforts. By providing timely occupational
fatality data, the CFOI provides safety and health managers the
information necessary to respond to emerging workplace hazards.
During 2018, BLS national office responded to over 400 requests for
CFOI data from various organizations. (This figure excludes requests
received by the States for State-specific data.) In addition, the CFOI
page of the BLS website averaged about 11,300 users per month in 2017.
National office staff also responded to numerous requests from
safety organizations for staff members to participate in safety
conferences and seminars. The CFOI research file, made available to
safety and health groups, is being used by 14 organizations. Study
topics include fatalities by worker demographic category (young
workers, older workers, Hispanic workers); by occupation or industry
(construction workers, police officers, firefighters, landscaping
workers, workers in oil and gas extraction); by event (heat-related
fatalities, fatalities from workplace violence, suicides, falls from
ladders); or other research such as safety and health program
effectiveness and the impact of fatality risk on wages. A current list
of research articles and reports that include CFOI data can be found
here: https://www.bls.gov/iif/publications.htm.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
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.
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.
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
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.
Title of Collection: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
OMB Number: 1220-0133.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Federal government; Individuals or households;
Private sector (Business or other for-profits, Not-for-profit
institutions, Farms); State, local, or tribal governments.
Frequency: On occasion.
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Number of Number of
Type of form respondents responses Burden hours Average response time
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BLS CFOI-1............................ 837 837 279 20 minutes per document.
Source documents--Federal............. 7 11 70 10 hours per year per
agency.
Source documents--State, local, and 220 14,756 2,459 10 minutes per document.
tribal.
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Totals............................ 1,064 15,604 2,808
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, on May 21, 2019.
Mark Staniorski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems.
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