Notice2025-03158
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Collection; Comment Request; National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) and Follow-Up Activities for Product Related Injuries
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Published
February 27, 2025
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
Abstract
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) requests comments on a proposed extension of approval of information collection to obtain data on consumer product-related injuries, and follow-up activities for product-related injuries. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved the collection of information under control number 3041-0029. OMB's most recent extension of approval will expire on May 31, 2025. The Commission will consider all comments received in response to this notice before requesting an extension of this collection of information from OMB.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 38 (Thursday, February 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10815-10817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03158]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0102]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of
Collection; Comment Request; National Electronic Injury Surveillance
System (NEISS) and Follow-Up Activities for Product Related Injuries
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) requests
comments on a proposed extension of approval of information collection
to obtain data on consumer product-related injuries, and follow-up
activities for product-related injuries. The Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) previously approved the collection of information under
control number 3041-0029. OMB's most recent extension of approval will
expire on May 31, 2025. The Commission will
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consider all comments received in response to this notice before
requesting an extension of this collection of information from OMB.
DATES: Submit comments on the collection of information by April 28,
2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2009-
0102, within 60 days of publication of this notice by any of the
following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit through this
website: confidential business information, trade secret information,
or other sensitive or protected information that you do not want to be
available to the public. The Commission typically does not accept
comments submitted by email, except as described below.
Mail/hand delivery/courier/written submissions: CPSC encourages you
to submit electronic comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
You may, however, submit comments by mail/hand delivery/courier to:
Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-
West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this notice. CPSC may post all comments without
change, including any personal identifiers, contact information, or
other personal information provided, to: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. If
you wish to submit confidential business information, trade secret
information, or other sensitive or protected information that you do
not want to be available to the public, you may submit such comments by
mail, hand delivery, or courier, or you may email them to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1a2b1b2a2ecaeb281a2b1b2a2efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1c2d1d2c28cced2e1c2d1d2c28fc6ced7">[email protected]</span></a>.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, insert docket
number CPSC-2009-0102 into the ``Search'' box, and follow the prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301)
504-7791, or by email to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#78080a19381b080b1b561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2555574465465556460b424a53">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC seeks to renew the following currently
approved collection of information:
Title: National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) and
Follow-up Activities for Product Related Injuries.
OMB Number: 3041-0029.
Type of Review: Extension of collection.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Hospitals and individuals.
General Description of Collection: The Consumer Product Safety Act
(CPSA) requires the Commission to collect information related to the
cause and prevention of death, injury, and illness associated with
consumer products. 15 U.S.C. 2054(a). CPSC conducts continuing studies
and investigations of deaths, injuries, diseases, other health
impairments, and economic losses resulting from incidents involving
consumer products. CPSC obtains information about product-related
deaths, injuries, and illnesses from a variety of sources, including
news outlets, death certificates, consumer complaints, and medical
facilities. In addition, CPSC operates the National Electronic Injury
Surveillance System (NEISS) to collect data on consumer product-related
injuries treated in hospital emergency departments in the United
States. CPSC also uses the NEISS system to collect information on
childhood poisonings in accordance with the Poison Prevention Packaging
Act of 1970.
From these sources, the CPSC selects cases of interest for further
investigation by contacting individuals who witnessed or were injured
in incidents involving consumer products. These investigations are
conducted on-site (face-to-face), by telephone, or by the internet.
This information is also collected by contacting state and local
officials, including police, coroners and fire investigators, and
others with knowledge of the incident.
CPSC uses the information from this collection to support
development and improvement of voluntary standards; proceedings for the
development of mandatory standards and regulations; information and
education campaigns; and administrative and judicial proceedings for
enforcement of the statutes, standards, and regulations administered by
the agency. The information collected informs the agency in its efforts
to remove unsafe products from channels of distribution and consumers'
homes, and it provides information to the public about the safety of
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\1\ Through Interagency Agreements, the CPSC also uses the NEISS
system to collect information on injuries for the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (NEISS All Injury Program
(NEISS-AIP)). In addition to the standard data variables collected
on all NEISS injuries, the NEISS-AIP collects additional variables
on several studies for CDC (Firearm-Related Injuries, Adverse Drug
Events, Assaults, and Self- Inflicted Violence) and one study on
non-crash motor vehicle-related injuries for the National Highway
and Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).
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Estimated Number of Respondents: CPSC estimates a total number of
3,110 respondents, annually. CPSC estimates 160 respondents to NEISS,
which includes hospitals that directly report information to NEISS and
hospitals that allow access to a CPSC contractor who collects the data
for NEISS. CPSC estimates 2,950 individual respondents expected to be
interviewed by CPSC for further investigations of reported cases.
Estimated Time per Response: All NEISS data are reported
electronically and NEISS coders directly submit data to CPSC through
the internet on a CPSC-developed application called WebNEISS. The NEISS
coders review an estimated 4.5 million emergency department charts
annually. Each chart review requires approximately 30 seconds to review
and determine if the record is reportable. On average, the 1.15 million
reportable records take 2 minutes each to enter into WebNEISS. Records
that qualify for a special study take an additional 90 seconds to 2
minutes to code. Collecting emergency department records for review,
correcting error messages, and other tasks takes between 2.5 and 6
hours weekly. Respondents also spend about 8-36 hours per year
participating in related activities (training, evaluations, and
communicating with other hospital staff). The average burden per
respondent is 720 hours. However, the total burden hours on each
respondent varies, due to differences in the sizes of the hospitals
(e.g., small rural hospitals versus large metropolitan hospitals). The
smallest hospital will report an estimated 250 cases with a burden of
about 150 hours, while the largest hospital will report an estimated
65,000 cases with a burden of about 4,500 hours.
Information for follow-up investigations from NEISS and other
sources is collected through traditional face-to-face, telephone, or
internet-based interviews with consumers, witnesses, and other
knowledgeable parties, such as fire, police, and healthcare
professionals. On average, an on-site interview takes about 4.5 hours.
CPSC staff also complete about 750 in-depth investigations (IDIs) by
telephone through the use of a Computer Assisted Telephone Interview
(CATI) or self-administered Computer Assisted internet Interviews
(CAII) questionnaires. Each CATI or CAII IDI requires about 20 minutes
to complete.
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CPSC estimates 13,523 annual burden hours on these respondents: 13,275
hours for face-to-face interviews and 248 hours for in-depth telephone
or internet interviews.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: Table 1 summarizes the burden of the
collection. The total estimated annualized burden to respondents is
128,523 hours (115,248 for NEISS respondents and 13,523 for
individuals).
Table 1--Average Annual Burden
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Burden per
Respondents Frequency Responses response Total burden
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NEISS........................... 160 7,188 1,150,000 6.0 115,000
Other Respondents............... 2,950 1 2,950 275.0 13,523
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Total....................... 3,110 371 1,152,950 6.7 128,523
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Total Estimated Annual Cost to Respondents: The total costs to
NEISS respondents are estimated at approximately $6.9 million. NEISS
respondents enter into contracts with CPSC and are compensated for
these costs. The average cost per respondent is estimated to be about
$43,000. The average cost per burden hour is estimated to be $60 per
hour (including wages and overhead). However, the actual cost to each
respondent varies, due to the type of respondent (hospital versus CPSC
contractor), size of hospital, and regional differences in wages and
overhead. Therefore, the actual annual cost for any given respondent
may vary between $3,000 at a small rural hospital, and $550,000 at the
largest metropolitan hospital.
CPSC estimates the value of the time required for reporting by
other respondents to be $46.84 an hour, the average cost for employee
compensation for civilian workers (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' September 2024: <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_12172024.pdf">https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_12172024.pdf</a>). At this
valuation, the estimated annual cost to the public is about $633,417
(13,523 burden hours x $46.84 per hour = $633,417.32).
Request for Comments
The Commission solicits written comments from all interested
persons about the proposed collection of information. The Commission
specifically solicits information relevant to the following topics:
<bullet> whether the collection of information described above is
necessary for the proper performance of the Commission's functions,
including whether the information would have practical utility;
<bullet> whether the estimated burden of the proposed collection of
information is accurate;
<bullet> whether the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected could be enhanced; and
<bullet> whether the burden imposed by the collection of
information could be minimized by use of automated, electronic or other
technological collection techniques, or other forms of information
technology.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-03158 Filed 2-26-25; 8:45 am]
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