Notice2024-08088
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
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Published
April 17, 2024
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Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27454-27456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08088]
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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 June 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room G225,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also
may be transmitted by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0f2fce3efe0e2f1efe0c5d2dcd9d3f0d2dcc39ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="195b554a46494b5846496c7b75707a597b756a377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll-free number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) in November 2023, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS) introduced the publication of a new biennial
case and demographic data series for cases that involve days of job
transfer or restriction (DJTR). The first release of this new series
covered the 2021-22 biennial reference period. This shift significantly
changed 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 are now released together. Summary industry
estimates, produced annually, remain unchanged.
Starting with reference year 2023 data, the circumstances of injury
and illness cases are coded using the updated Occupational Injury and
Illness Classification System (OIICS), version 3. (See <a href="https://www.bls.gov/iif/definitions/occupational-injuries-and-illnesses-classification-manual.htm">https://www.bls.gov/iif/definitions/occupational-injuries-and-illnesses-classification-manual.htm</a> for more information on OIICS.) Estimates of
detailed case circumstances for DJTR and DAFW using OIICS 3 will first
be published in the SOII news release in November 2025, covering the
2023-24 biennial reference period.
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
more serious injuries and illnesses with days away from work (DAFW) or
with days of job transfer or restriction (DJTR), 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).
The SOII is a mandatory survey that has traditionally experienced
relatively high response rates compared to other establishment surveys.
However, the SOII response rate has been trending lower for several
years and was significantly impacted by the pandemic. BLS will conduct
a one-year test with a small sample of survey participants to evaluate
the effectiveness of an additional respondent contact for improving
response rates.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
<bullet> 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 Total Frequency Total per response Estimated
respondents responses (minutes) burden hours
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Total Recording Burden........ 85,800 Annually........ 85,800 71.049 101,600
Total Reporting Burden........ 228,200 Annually........ 228,200 29.791 113,304
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Totals.................... 228,200 Annually........ 228,200 .............. 214,904
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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 10th day of April 2024.
Eric Molina,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Branch of Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2024-08088 Filed 4-16-24; 8:45 am]
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