Mining has one of the highest incidence rates for back pain of any industry and back injuries are consistently the leading cause of lost work days in the industry. The objective of this project is to develop a self-administered, paper and pencil risk assessment tool for the development of low back disorders specifically directed towards use in the mining industry. This tool will assess various occupational exposures associated with development of back disorders in the literature as well as specific mining stressors and will develop a score that will be used to assess the degree of risk for the job and the individual. The tool will be useful in both prioritizing jobs that need interventions to reduce low back disorder risk and in evaluating the effectiveness of interventions through tool administration before and after the implementation of an intervention.
This is a new data collection. This tool will assess various occupational exposures associated with development of back disorders. There were no public comments received for the the newly published 60-day dated 04/03/2007.
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(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;
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