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