To meet the Agency's program needs,
OSHA is proposing to continue its initiative to collect injury and
illness data and the number of workers and hours worked from
establishments in portions of the private sector and some state
government agencies.
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USC 673 Name of Law: Occupational Safety and Health Act
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USC 657 Name of Law: Occupational Safety and Health Act
As a result of expanding the
scope of the collection to include establishments with 20 to 39
employees, and including enterprises with multiple
establishments,the number of respondents increased from 100,000 to
120,000 resulting in a program change increase of 3,333 hours. The
current inventory included 1,000 hours for asking a one time
question relating to construction firms working on American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act funded construction projects. This
question is no longer included in future collections resulting in a
program decrease of 1,000 hours. In addition OSHA, has discontinued
the use of OSHA Form 196A due to the timing differential between
the OsHA and BLS data collections. Establishments included in both
surveys are given the option of submitting a copy of their response
to the BLS survey in lieu of completing the OSHA form.
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.