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establishment’s name; the site’s address
and telephone and facsimile numbers;
the name and telephone number of the
management official; the type of
business; a description and the specific
location of the hazards, including the
approximate number of workers
exposed or threatened by the hazards;
and whether or not the worker/worker
representative informed another
government agency about the hazards
(and the name of the agency if so
informed).
Additional information on the
hardcopy version of the form concerns
the complainant including: whether or
not the complainant wants OSHA to
reveal their name to the employer;
whether the complainant is a worker or
a worker representative, or for
information provided orally, a member
of a Federal safety and health committee
or another party (with space to specify
the party); the complainant’s name,
telephone number, and address; and the
complainant’s signature attesting that
they believe a violation of an OSHA
standard exists at the named
establishment; and the date of the
signature. A worker representative must
also provide the name of the
organization they represent and their
title.
The information contained in the
online version of the OSHA–7 Form is
similar to the hardcopy version.
However, the online version requests
the complainant’s e-mail address, and
does not ask for the site’s facsimile
number or the complainant’s signature
and signature date.
The Agency uses the information
collected on the OSHA–7 Form to
determine whether reasonable grounds
exist to conduct an inspection of the
workplace. The description of the
hazards, including the number of
exposed workers, allows the Agency to
assess the severity of the hazards and
the need to expedite the inspection. The
completed form also provides the
employer with notice of the complaint
and may serve as the basis for obtaining
a search warrant if the employer denies
the Agency access to the workplace.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed information
collection requirements are necessary
for the proper performance of the
Agency’s functions, including whether
the information is useful;
• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of
the burden (time and costs) of the
information collection requirements,
including the validity of the
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• The quality, utility, and clarity of
the information collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden on
workers who must comply; for example,
by using automated or other
technological information collection
and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the information
collection requirements relating to the
OSHA–7 Form. The Agency is
requesting an increase in burden hours
from 12,775 to 13,414 (a total increase
of 639 burden hours). The Agency will
summarize the comments submitted in
response to this notice and will include
this summary in the request to OMB to
extend the approval of the information
collection requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Notice of Alleged Safety and
Health Hazards, OSHA–7 Form.
OMB Number: 1218–0064.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents: 50,715.
Total Responses: 50,715.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: On
occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 15 minutes (.25 hour) to
communicate the required information
orally to the Agency to 25 minutes (.42
hour) to provide the information in
writing and send it to OSHA.
Total Burden Hours Requested:
13,414.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $1,116.
IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in
response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0056).
You may supplement electronic
submissions by uploading document
files electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or facsimile submission, you
must submit them to the OSHA Docket
Office (see the section of this notice
titled ADDRESSES). The additional
materials must clearly identify your
electronic comments by your name,
date, and the docket number so the
Agency can attach them to your
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Because of security procedures, the
use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of
comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of materials by hand, express
delivery, messenger, or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office
at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–
5627).
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at http://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
personal information such as social
security numbers and date of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in
the http://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through this Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the http://
www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
comments and access the docket is
available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available through the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
David Michaels, PhD, MPH, Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the
preparation of this notice. The authority
for this notice is the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506
et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 4–2010 (75 FR 55355).
Signed at Washington, DC, on January 10,
2011.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0055]

Proposed Information Collection
Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations;
Recording and Reporting Occupational
Injuries and Illnesses (1218–0176)
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA
95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
approval for the current paperwork
requirements of 29 CFR part 1904,
Recording and Reporting Occupational
Injuries and Illnesses. A copy of the
proposed information collection request
can be obtained by contacting the office
listed below in the address section of
this notice.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
March 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
instructions online for submitting
comments.
Facsimile: If your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
messenger, or courier service: When
using this method, you must submit
three copies of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office,
Docket No. OSHA–2010–0055, U.S.
Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
Room N–2625, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Deliveries (hand, express mail,
messenger, and courier service) are
accepted during the Department of
Labor’s and Docket Office’s normal
business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.,
e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for the ICR (OSHA–
2010–0055). All comments, including
any personal information you provide,
are placed in the public docket without
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online at http://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting
comments see the ‘‘Public Participation’’
heading in the section of this notice
titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov
or the OSHA Docket Office at the
address above. All documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register
notice) are listed in the http://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may also contact Rex Tingle at the
address below to obtain a copy of the
ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rex
Tingle at Office of Statistical Analysis,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N3507, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,
telephone: (202) 693–1926, or Todd
Owen, Directorate of Standards and
Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N–3609, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone (202) 693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The OSH Act and 29 CFR part 1904
prescribe that certain employers
maintain records of job-related injuries
and illnesses. The injury and illness
records are intended to have multiple
purposes. One purpose is to provide
data needed by OSHA to carry out
enforcement and intervention activities
to provide workers a safe and healthy
work environment. The data are also
needed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
to report on the number and rate of
occupational injuries and illnesses in
the country. The data also provides
information to employers and
employees of the kinds of injuries and
illnesses occurring in the workplace and
their related hazards. Increased
employer awareness should result in the
identification and voluntary correction
of hazardous workplace conditions.
Likewise, employees who are provided
information on injuries and illnesses
will be more likely to follow safe work
practices and report workplace hazards.
This would generally raise the overall
level of safety and health in the
workplace. OSHA currently has
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for information
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CFR part 1904. That approval will
expire on [February 29, 2011] unless
OSHA applies for an extension of the
OMB approval. This notice initiates the
process for OSHA to request an
extension of the current OMB approval.
This notice also solicits public comment
on OSHA’s existing paperwork burden
estimates from those interested parties
and seeks public responses to several
questions related to the development of
OSHA’s estimates. Interested parties are
requested to review OSHA’s estimates,
which are based upon the most current
data available, and to comment on their
accuracy or appropriateness in today’s
workplace situation.
II. Current Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Standard 29 CFR part 1904, Recording
and Reporting Occupational Injuries
and Illnesses.
The Agency is requesting to reduce its
current burden hour estimate associated
with this Standard from 3,072,978 to
2,967,237 hours for a total reduction of
105,741 hours. The Agency will
summarize the comments submitted in
response to this notice and will include
this summary in the request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: 29 CFR part 1904, Recording
and Reporting Occupational Injuries
and Illnesses (1218–0176).
OMB Number: 1218–0176.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; farms; not-for-profit institutions;
State and local government.
Cite/Reference/Form/etc.: 29 CFR part
1904; OSHA Form 300; OSHA Form
300A; OSHA Form 301.
Number of Respondents: 1,585,374.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: 2 hours
to complete based on the information
required.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
2,967,237.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $136,753,120.
IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in
response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile (FAX); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0055).
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submissions by uploading document
files electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or facsimile submission, you
must submit them to the OSHA Docket
Office (see the section of this notice
titled ADDRESSES). The additional
materials must clearly identify your
electronic comments by your name,
date, and the docket number so the
Agency can attach them to your
comments.
Because of security procedures, the
use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of
comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of materials by hand, express
delivery, messenger, or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office
at (202) 693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–
5627).
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at http://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
personal information such as social
security numbers and date of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in
the http://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through this Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the http://
www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
comments and access the docket is
available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available through the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature

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David Michaels, PhD, MPH, Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the
preparation of this notice. The authority
for this notice is the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506
et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 4–2010 (75 FR 55355).
Signed at Washington, DC, on January 10,
2011.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Veterans’ Employment and Training
Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Extension of Existing
Information Collection; Comment
Request
Veterans’ Employment and
Training Service.
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information
Collection for Review; Federal
Contractor Veterans’ Employment
Reports VETS–100 and VETS–100A;
OMB Control No. 1293–0005.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently, the
Veterans’ Employment and Training
Service (VETS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the currently approved information
collection request for the ‘‘Federal
Contractor Veterans’ Employment
Report VETS–100’’ and the ‘‘Federal
Contractor Veterans’ Employment
Report VETS–100A.’’ A copy of the
proposed information collection request
can be obtained by contacting the office
listed below in the ADDRESSES section
of this Notice. There have been no
changes to the current VETS–100 and
the VETS–100A Reports. Each report
has the same number of reporting
elements.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
March 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments are to be
submitted to Robert Wilson, Director for
the Division of Investigation and
Compliance, VETS, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room S–1316, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Electronic transmission is the preferred
method for submitting comments. Email may be sent to [email protected]. Include ‘‘VETS–100A’’in
the subject line of the message. Written
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comments of 10 pages or fewer also may
be transmitted by facsimile to (202)
693–4755 (this is not a toll free number).
Receipt of submissions, whether by U.S.
Mail, e-mail or FAX transmittal, will not
be acknowledged; however, the sender
may request confirmation that a
submission has been received, by
telephoning VETS at (202) 693–4719
(VOICE) (this is not a toll-free number)
or (202) 693–4753 (TTY/TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Vietnam Era Veterans’
Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974
(‘‘VEVRAA’’), 38 U.S.C. 4212(d), requires
Federal contractors and subcontractors
subject to the Act’s affirmative action
provisions in 38 U.S.C. 4212(a) to track
and report annually to the Secretary of
Labor the number of employees in their
workforces, by job category and hiring
location, who belong to the specified
categories of covered veterans. VETS
maintains two sets of regulations to
implement the reporting requirements
under VEVRAA, and uses two different
forms for providing the required
information on the employment of
covered veterans.
The regulations set forth in 41 CFR
part 61–250 require contractors that
have a Government contract of $25,000
or more entered into before December 1,
2003, to use the Federal Contractor
Veterans’ Employment Report VETS–
100 (‘‘VETS–100 Report’’) form for
reporting information on the number of
covered veterans in their workforces.
The regulations set forth in 41 CFR
part 61–300 implement amendments to
the reporting requirements under
VEVRAA that were made by the Jobs for
Veterans Act (JVA) (Pub. L. 107–288)
enacted in 2002. The JVA amended
VEVRAA by: (1) Increased from $25,000
to $100,000, the dollar amount of the
contract that subjects a Federal
contractor to the requirement to report
on veterans’ employment; and
(2) changed the categories of covered
veterans under VEVRAA, and thus the
categories of veterans that contractors
are required to track and report on
annually.
The regulations in 41 CFR part 61–
300 require contractors with a
Government contract entered into or
modified on or after December 1, 2003,
in the amount of $100,000 or more to
use the Federal Contractor Veterans’
Employment Report VETS–100A for
reporting information on their
employment of covered veterans under
VEVRAA.
Both the VETS–100 and VETS–100A
Reports are currently approved under
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