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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities;
Comment Request
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
AGENCY:
Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
ACTION:
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 revision of the
‘‘Survey of Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses.’’ 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.
SUMMARY:
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Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or
before July 27, 2021.
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
email to BLS_PRA_Public@bls.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Statistics (BLS) will introduce the
publication of a new biennial case and
demographic data series for cases that
involve days of job transfer or restriction
(DJTR) for all industries. This shift will
result in significant changes to the SOII
news release and how publication tables
are presented to provide additional data
on the case circumstances and worker
demographics for DJTR cases, in
addition to details that have long been
published for cases involving days away
from work (DAFW). Biennial estimates
for DJTR and DAFW will be released
together. Summary industry estimates,
produced annually, will remain
unchanged.
I. Background
Section 24(a) of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 requires
the Secretary of Labor to develop and
maintain an effective program of
collection, compilation, and analysis of
statistics on occupational injuries and
illnesses. The Commissioner of Labor
Statistics has been delegated the
responsibility for ‘‘Furthering the
purpose of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act by developing and
maintaining an effective program of
collection, compilation, analysis and
publication of occupational safety and
health statistics.’’ The BLS fulfills this
responsibility, in part, by conducting
the Survey of Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses in conjunction with
participating state statistical agencies.
The BLS Survey of Occupational
Injuries and Illnesses provides the
Nation’s primary indicator of the
progress towards achieving the goal of
safer and healthier workplaces. The
survey produces the overall rate of
occurrence of work injuries and
illnesses by industry which can be
compared to prior years to produce
measures of the rate of change. These
data are used to assess the Nation’s
progress in improving the safety and
health of America’s work places; to
prioritize scarce federal and state
resources; to guide the development of
injury and illness prevention strategies;
and to support Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) and state
safety and health standards and
research. Data are essential for
evaluating the effectiveness of federal
and state programs for improving work
place safety and health. For these
reasons, it is necessary to provide
estimates separately for participating
states.
Effective with the release of estimates
from the Survey of Occupational and
Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) in
November 2023, the Bureau of Labor
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the Survey
of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
The survey measures the overall rate of
occurrence of work injuries and
illnesses by industry for private
industry, state governments, and local
governments. For the more serious
injuries and illnesses, those with days
away from work (DAFW), the survey
provides detailed information on the
injured/ill worker (age, sex, race,
industry, occupation, and length of
service), the time in shift, and the
circumstances of the injuries and
illnesses classified by standardized
codes (nature of the injury/illness, part
of body affected, primary and secondary
sources of the injury/illness, and the
event or exposure which produced the
injury/illness).
Days of job transfer or restriction
(DJTR) cases have become more
prevalent since 1992 when detailed data
were first collected only for days-awayfrom-work (DAFW) cases. In 1992, DJTR
cases accounted for 21 percent of total
days away from work, days of restricted
work activity, or job transfer cases
(DART). By 2011, DJTR accounted for 40
percent of these cases. At that time, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) began a
series of three 3-year pilot studies from
2011–19 to collect DJTR case details for
select industries. When these pilot
studies concluded with 2019 data, DJTR
cases accounted for 43 percent of DART
cases.
The aforementioned pilot studies
conducted by the BLS were intended to
learn more about occupational injuries
and illnesses that resulted in days of job
transfer or work restriction (DJTR) by
comparing the circumstances and
worker characteristics of injuries and
illnesses that required days away from
work (DAFW) to recuperate and those
that led to DJTR only. Detailed data on
DJTR cases will lead to a better
understanding of how occupational
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injuries and illnesses are managed and
give a more complete accounting of the
types of injuries and illnesses that occur
to workers and how they occurred. Prior
to these pilot studies, the BLS Survey of
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
(SOII) collected and published only data
on the case circumstances and worker
characteristics for DAFW cases. These
pilot studies expanded the SOII to
collect and report the same detail for
DJTR cases for select industries. Data
from these pilots can be found at
https://www.bls.gov/iif/soiidata.htm#djtr.
The proportion of DJTR cases as a
percentage of DART cases among
private industry overall has trended
higher since 1992, while the proportion
of DAFW cases has trended downward
over this period. Both the incidence rate
and number of cases of DJTR has
exceeded that of DAFW in the
manufacturing industry sector since the
late 1990s. The pilot collection of DJTR
case details has provided important
insights into workplace safety and
health data that were previously
unavailable. Analysis of DJTR data
showed that their inclusion provides a
more complete understanding of the
circumstances leading to occupational
injuries and illnesses than DAFW cases
alone can provide. For example, DJTR
cases as a percentage of DART cases in
the Food services and drinking places
industry remained the same regardless
of the age of the worker. While in the
Amusement, gambling, and recreation
industry, workers under the age of 45
had a higher percentage of DJTR cases
than DAFW cases. If studying only a few
selected industries, policy makers and
researchers would be unable to
determine the complete picture of this
phenomenon. If all industries could be
analyzed, safety resources and return-towork strategies could be developed to
address the unique work experiences by
the age of the worker or by other
characteristics.
Based on the findings from these
studies and the depth of information
they produced, as well as the
recommendation from the National
Academy of Sciences (NAS) A Smarter
National Surveillance System for
Occupational Safety and Health in the
21st Century,1 the BLS decided to
collect information on DJTR cases for all
industries. Particularly,
Recommendation A from Chapter 4 of
the NAS report noted, ‘‘BLS should
routinely collect detailed case and
demographic data for injuries and
illnesses resulting in job transfer or
restricted duty as well as those resulting
in days away from work.’’ The report
further notes that this could be easily
accomplished in the short term with
minimal impact to respondent burden
due to the fact that these data are
already recorded by employers.
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: Survey of
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
OMB Number: 1220–0045.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits; Not-for-profit institutions;
Farms; State, Local or Tribal
Governments.
BLS 9300 RESPONDENT BURDEN ESTIMATES
Total
respondents
Form 9300
Average time
per response
(minutes)
Total
responses
Frequency
Estimated
burden
hours
Total Reporting Burden .....................
Total Recording Burden ....................
86,200
232,800
Annually ............................................
Annually ............................................
86,200
232,800
63.698
24.831
91,513
96,346
Totals .........................................
232,800
Annually ............................................
232,800
........................
187,859
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, this 25th day of
May 2021.
Leslie Bennett,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems.
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Petitions for Modification of
Application of Existing Mandatory
Safety Standards
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice includes the
summaries of three petitions for
modification submitted to the Mine
Safety and Health Administration
(MSHA) by the party listed below.
SUMMARY:
All comments on the petitions
must be received by MSHA’s Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances
on or before June 28, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments including the docket number
of the petition by any of the following
methods:
1. Electronic Mail: zzMSHAcomments@dol.gov. Include the docket
number of the petition in the subject
line of the message.
2. Facsimile: 202–693–9441.
3. Regular Mail or Hand Delivery:
MSHA, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th
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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 revision of the ``Survey of
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.'' 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 27, 2021.
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 email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See Addresses section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 24(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
requires the Secretary of Labor to develop and maintain an effective
program of collection, compilation, and analysis of statistics on
occupational injuries and illnesses. The Commissioner of Labor
Statistics has been delegated the responsibility for ``Furthering the
purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act by developing and
maintaining an effective program of collection, compilation, analysis
and publication of occupational safety and health statistics.'' The BLS
fulfills this responsibility, in part, by conducting the Survey of
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in conjunction with participating
state statistical agencies. The BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses provides the Nation's primary indicator of the progress
towards achieving the goal of safer and healthier workplaces. The
survey produces the overall rate of occurrence of work injuries and
illnesses by industry which can be compared to prior years to produce
measures of the rate of change. These data are used to assess the
Nation's progress in improving the safety and health of America's work
places; to prioritize scarce federal and state resources; to guide the
development of injury and illness prevention strategies; and to support
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and state safety
and health standards and research. Data are essential for evaluating
the effectiveness of federal and state programs for improving work
place safety and health. For these reasons, it is necessary to provide
estimates separately for participating states.
Effective with the release of estimates from the Survey of
Occupational and Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) in November 2023, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will introduce the publication of a
new biennial case and demographic data series for cases that involve
days of job transfer or restriction (DJTR) for all industries. This
shift will result in significant changes to the SOII news release and
how publication tables are presented to provide additional data on the
case circumstances and worker demographics for DJTR cases, in addition
to details that have long been published for cases involving days away
from work (DAFW). Biennial estimates for DJTR and DAFW will be released
together. Summary industry estimates, produced annually, will remain
unchanged.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The survey measures the
overall rate of occurrence of work injuries and illnesses by industry
for private industry, state governments, and local governments. For the
more serious injuries and illnesses, those with days away from work
(DAFW), the survey provides detailed information on the injured/ill
worker (age, sex, race, industry, occupation, and length of service),
the time in shift, and the circumstances of the injuries and illnesses
classified by standardized codes (nature of the injury/illness, part of
body affected, primary and secondary sources of the injury/illness, and
the event or exposure which produced the injury/illness).
Days of job transfer or restriction (DJTR) cases have become more
prevalent since 1992 when detailed data were first collected only for
days-away-from-work (DAFW) cases. In 1992, DJTR cases accounted for 21
percent of total days away from work, days of restricted work activity,
or job transfer cases (DART). By 2011, DJTR accounted for 40 percent of
these cases. At that time, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) began a
series of three 3-year pilot studies from 2011-19 to collect DJTR case
details for select industries. When these pilot studies concluded with
2019 data, DJTR cases accounted for 43 percent of DART cases.
The aforementioned pilot studies conducted by the BLS were intended
to learn more about occupational injuries and illnesses that resulted
in days of job transfer or work restriction (DJTR) by comparing the
circumstances and worker characteristics of injuries and illnesses that
required days away from work (DAFW) to recuperate and those that led to
DJTR only. Detailed data on DJTR cases will lead to a better
understanding of how occupational
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injuries and illnesses are managed and give a more complete accounting
of the types of injuries and illnesses that occur to workers and how
they occurred. Prior to these pilot studies, the BLS Survey of
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) collected and published only
data on the case circumstances and worker characteristics for DAFW
cases. These pilot studies expanded the SOII to collect and report the
same detail for DJTR cases for select industries. Data from these
pilots can be found at https://www.bls.gov/iif/soii-data.htm#djtr.
The proportion of DJTR cases as a percentage of DART cases among
private industry overall has trended higher since 1992, while the
proportion of DAFW cases has trended downward over this period. Both
the incidence rate and number of cases of DJTR has exceeded that of
DAFW in the manufacturing industry sector since the late 1990s. The
pilot collection of DJTR case details has provided important insights
into workplace safety and health data that were previously unavailable.
Analysis of DJTR data showed that their inclusion provides a more
complete understanding of the circumstances leading to occupational
injuries and illnesses than DAFW cases alone can provide. For example,
DJTR cases as a percentage of DART cases in the Food services and
drinking places industry remained the same regardless of the age of the
worker. While in the Amusement, gambling, and recreation industry,
workers under the age of 45 had a higher percentage of DJTR cases than
DAFW cases. If studying only a few selected industries, policy makers
and researchers would be unable to determine the complete picture of
this phenomenon. If all industries could be analyzed, safety resources
and return-to-work strategies could be developed to address the unique
work experiences by the age of the worker or by other characteristics.
Based on the findings from these studies and the depth of
information they produced, as well as the recommendation from the
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) A Smarter National Surveillance
System for Occupational Safety and Health in the 21st Century,\1\ the
BLS decided to collect information on DJTR cases for all industries.
Particularly, Recommendation A from Chapter 4 of the NAS report noted,
``BLS should routinely collect detailed case and demographic data for
injuries and illnesses resulting in job transfer or restricted duty as
well as those resulting in days away from work.'' The report further
notes that this could be easily accomplished in the short term with
minimal impact to respondent burden due to the fact that these data are
already recorded by employers.
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\1\ See https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24835/a-smarter-national-surveillance-system-for-occupational-safety-and-health-in-the-21st-century.
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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: Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
OMB Number: 1220-0045.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; Not-for-profit
institutions; Farms; State, Local or Tribal Governments.
BLS 9300 Respondent Burden Estimates
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Average time
Form 9300 Total Frequency Total per response Estimated
respondents responses (minutes) burden hours
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Total Reporting Burden........ 86,200 Annually........ 86,200 63.698 91,513
Total Recording Burden........ 232,800 Annually........ 232,800 24.831 96,346
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Totals.................... 232,800 Annually........ 232,800 .............. 187,859
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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, this 25th day of May 2021.
Leslie Bennett,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems.
[FR Doc. 2021-11367 Filed 5-27-21; 8:45 am]
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