Notice2025-09251
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Collection; National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) and Follow-Up Activities for Product Related Injuries
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May 23, 2025
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
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As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) announces that the Commission has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension of approval of information collection to obtain data on consumer product-related injuries, and follow-up activities for product-related injuries. 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. On February 27, 2025, CPSC published a notice in the Federal Register to announce the agency's intention to seek extension of approval of the collection of information. The Commission received four comments. By publication of this notice, the Commission announces that CPSC has submitted to the OMB a request for extension of this collection of information.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 99 (Friday, May 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22066-22068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09251]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0102]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of
Collection; 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) announces that
the Commission has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for extension of approval of information collection to
obtain data on consumer product-related injuries, and follow-up
activities for product-related injuries. 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. On February
27, 2025, CPSC published a notice in the Federal Register to announce
the agency's intention to seek extension of approval of the collection
of information. The Commission received four comments. By publication
of this notice, the Commission announces that CPSC has submitted to the
OMB a request for extension of this collection of information.
DATES: Submit comments on the collection of information by June 23,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments about this request by email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89c6c0dbc8d6fafcebe4e0fafae0e6e7c9e6e4eba7ece6f9a7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5916100b18062a2c3b34302a2a3036371936343b773c3629773e362f">[email protected]</span></a> or fax: 202-395-6881. Comments by mail
should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the CPSC, Office of Management and Budget,
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. Written comments
that are sent to OMB also should be submitted electronically at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, under Docket No. CPSC-2009-0102.
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#abdbd9caebc8dbd8c885ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acdcdecdeccfdcdfcf82cbc3da">[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
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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 consumer products.\1\
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\1\ Through Interagency Agreements, the CPSC also has used and
can use 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
that have been collected and can be 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. 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
(minutes) (hours)
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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).
Response to Public Comments: The Commission received four public
comments. Three commenters, two anonymous and one from ASTM
International Committee F15 on Consumer Products, expressed support for
the renewal of information collection, with one anonymous commenter
suggesting that the Commission utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to
enhance information gathering and analysis. With the implementation of
WebNEISS in 2024, CPSC integrated AI into the NEISS data collection to
identify potential misentries based on logical inconsistencies. CPSC
staff continue to explore, test, implement, and utilize advanced AI in
all phases of the NEISS data collection, processing, and dissemination.
The remaining commenter is Best Practice Quality LLC, which states
it is a consulting firm. It recommended expanding the data fields to
include product identifiers, usage context, and product condition to
improve the quality and utility of NEISS data. It encouraged CPSC to
provide prompts to hospital personnel to capture details about product
involvement. It also encouraged the use of modern technologies to
reduce reporting burden while providing accuracy. In addition, it
encouraged collaboration with stakeholders to refine the data taxonomy
and align NEISS inputs with evolving product safety standards.
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NEISS is a voluntary program that relies on existing medical
records information collected by hospital emergency departments using
their existing infrastructure. Doctors, nurses, and intake personnel
note what occurred that led to the injury, which often includes the
mention of a consumer product, however, they rarely capture product
brand names and models in their work as such information is rarely
relevant to patient care. The narratives will sometimes describe
whether a product was new or used, and the way the product was
involved, to provide usage context. CPSC makes efforts to encourage
medical staff at NEISS hospitals to include consumer product
information in their records documentation, but the staff in the
hospital departments ultimately decide what will go into the medical
record which exists primarily for the hospital and its patients.
CPSC does not include brands or models in the data it shares
publicly with ASTM due to restrictions in section 6(b) of the Consumer
Product Safety Act. 15 U.S.C. 2055(b). With regard to the use of modern
technologies, as mentioned above, CPSC uses AI-assisted logic in the
use of its internet-enabled application to collect data.
Making changes to data taxonomy is done judiciously, as one of the
functions of NEISS is to be able to detect changes over time to
determine whether safety advances and interventions have been
successful and to what degree. Agency staff meets regularly to discuss
coding practices, including adding or altering product codes to account
for changes in the products associated with injuries. Staff assigned to
voluntary standards work have contributed to these deliberations, which
has led to changes as needed.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-09251 Filed 5-22-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6355-01-P
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