Approved as amended by DOL's memoranda to OMB of 1/10/97, 1/16/97, 1/24/97, and 2/4/97. Approval through December 1997 will allow OSHA to continue its efforts to develop a comprehensive data set that is consistent with the scope of this effort as approved September 1995, and to complete the validation study activities on which approval continues to be conditioned. OSHA has developed a comprehensive validation study program to assess data quality, and initial results from this program suggest promising results. OSHA is to be commended for this program, and OMB looks forward to reviewing the final results -- including the analyses for site visits, BLS overlap, andexternal data comparisons -- prior to the next PRA review of the Data Initiative. Also, OSHA has agreed to the following conditions: 1) Survey respondents will include those groups identified in the Data Collection table provided to OMB on 2/4/97. OSHA will not expand collection for this cycle to firms in SIC 16 or firms with 50-59 workers, to remain consistent with the scope of the initial year of data collection. Expansion to other classes of respondents will be based on demonstration that the data collected under the existing approval are valid and reliable. 2) OSHA will proceed with mail-out to the respondents outlined above following OMB review of OSHA's assessment of data quality based on edit criteria, an important component in the validation study program. OSHA expects to submit this analysis on 2/11/97, and OMB will review the submission expeditiously. 3) All correspondence with respondents to the collection will be consistent with current law and regulation. 4) OSHA will accept faxed responses this year, and if feasible will accept automated responses through a pilot project using the internet. The next fielding of this collection will allow an option for fully automated responses over the internet. 5) OSHA will continue to evaluate the potential for biannual data collection in future submissions.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/1997
12/31/1997
02/28/1997
80,000
0
80,000
28,450
0
28,000
0
0
0
To meet many of OSHA's program needs, OSHA is proposing to continue their data initiative to collect occupational injury and illness data and information on number of workers employed and number of hours worked from establishments in portions of the private sector.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
OSHA Data Collection System