Mine Accident, Injury & Illness Report and Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report (30 CFR 50.10; 50.11; 50.20; and 50.30)

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form MSHA-7000-2 Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report	Form	Modified	Available
Form MSHA-7000-1 Mine Accident, Injury and Illness Report	Form	Modified	Available
2008 NOTE TO REVIEWER.doc	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2008-02-29	Available
1219-0007 ROCIS.pdf	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2008-02-29	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
14347	Mine Accident, Injury & Illness Report and Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report (30 CFR 50.10; 50.11; 50.20; and 50.30)	Form	Modified	Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report
14347	Mine Accident, Injury & Illness Report and Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report (30 CFR 50.10; 50.11; 50.20; and 50.30)	Form	Modified	Mine Accident, Injury and Illness Report

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1219-0007	ICR Reference No: 200802-1219-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200411-1219-002
Agency/Subagency: DOL/MSHA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Mine Accident, Injury & Illness Report and Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report (30 CFR 50.10; 50.11; 50.20; and 50.30)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/24/2008
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/29/2008
Terms of Clearance: Approved consistent with the prior terms of clearance: "This information collection request is approved for an additional three years, consistent with the following term of clearance: MSHA (continue to) clarify in the instructions to the form and any other appropriate publicly available materials that the ILO classification currently in use (ILO 1/0) is being utilized as a threshold for reporting, rather than as an indication that a definitive diagnosis of a specific occupational illness or injury."

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2011	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2008
Responses	139,903	0	133,852
Time Burden (Hours)	270,666	0	105,042
Cost Burden (Dollars)	31,993	0	34,000

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Abstract: Used to establish files of injury and employment data in order to measure the levels of injury experience and identify those areas most in need of improvement. The number of employees, employee hours, and coal mine production (along with injury data) are used for computation of injury rates as well as for analyses of mine industry activity and distribution. Coal production data are used in various analyses from comparative studies to complex modeling.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 91 - 173 103 Name of Law: Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	72 FR 70348	12/11/2007
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	73 FR 10469	02/27/2008
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Mine Accident, Injury & Illness Report and Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report (30 CFR 50.10; 50.11; 50.20; and 50.30)	MSHA-7000-2, MSHA-7000-1	Mine Accident, Injury and Illness Report ,   Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report

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ICR Summary of Burden

table that charts list of burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	139,903	133,852	0	0	6,051	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	270,666	105,042	0	0	165,624	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	31,993	34,000	0	0	-2,007	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is a slight decrease in the number of respondents (from 26,250 to 22,295) due to fewer mines. However, the number of responses and hours has increased: responses have increased from 133,852 to 139,903 and hours have increased from 105,042 to 270,666. This increase is due to an error made in the last renewal process in calculating the figure for the Nonfatal Accident Investigation hours included in 50.11(b). The figure was lower than should have been provided. In re-evaluating the meaning of the phrases “nonfatal accidents” and “other occurrences”, it appears that the most accurate figures are calculated when “nonfatal accidents” are considered to be incidents in which an injury to an employee occurred but the incident did not cause a fatal injury. The “other occurrence” category would appear to be an incident which is reportable to MSHA due to a mine hazard without miner injury. The 7000-2 forms are being submitted in larger numbers via e-mail and it has been determined that these documents can be prepared in approximately half the time that it would take to make a manual submission. The hours involved in the investigation process for the 7000-1 form should decrease as should the total preparation time for the 7000-1 form as the numbers of forms submitted decreases. It is not anticipated that the preparation time will decrease for individual respondents as it not predicted that the time involved in an electronic submission will be significantly shorter than a manual submission. There was a decrease of $2,672 (actual) attributed to an increase in the number of electronic and faxed Form 7000-2. The decrease in postage costs could be a cost burden savings to respondents submitting forms via e-mail. The electronic submission of form 7000-1 has been possible only since October of 2003 so the numbers of respondents responding electronically will likely increase in the future.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $474,987

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 02/29/2008

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