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In addition to health care facilities,
nurses will also be recruited. These
nurses will be recruited from a mailing
list of nurses licensed from the State of
New Jersey Division of Consumer
Affairs Board of Nursing. The mailing
list was selected as the population
source of workers due to the ability to
capture all licensed nurses in New
Jersey. A similar listing does not exist
for non-licensed frontline workers, such

Professionals and Allied Employees
union will promote the survey to their
members. To maintain the worker’s
anonymity, the facility in which he/she
works will not be identified. The survey
will describe the workplace violence
prevention training nurses receive
following enactment of the New Jersey
regulations (Aim 2).
There are no costs to respondents
other than their time.

as aides and orderlies. Therefore, a
sampling frame based on nurses
(registered nurses and licensed practical
nurses) will be used to select workers to
participate in the study. A random
sample of 2000 registered and licensed
practical nurses will be recruited for
study participation. A third-party
contractor will be responsible for
sending the survey to the random
sample of 2000. The Health

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
burden per
response
(in hrs)

Total burden
(in hrs)

Hospital Administrators ....................................................................................
Nurses (RN and LPN) ......................................................................................

50
2000

1
1

1
20/60

50
667

Total ..........................................................................................................

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Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.

Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations

Proposed Project
Health Hazard Evaluation and
Technical Assistance—Requests and
Emerging Problems—Revision (OMB
No. 0920–0260)—National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).

In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 or send
comments to Daniel Holcomb, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer,
1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta,
GA 30333 or send an e-mail to
[email protected].
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be

Background and Brief Description
In accordance with its mandates
under the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 and the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, the
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) responds to
requests for health hazard evaluations
(HHE) to identify chemical, biological or
physical hazards in workplaces
throughout the United States. Each year,
NIOSH receives approximately 320 such
requests. Most HHE requests come from
the following types of companies:
Service, manufacturing companies,
health and social services,
transportation, construction, agriculture,
mining, skilled trade and construction.
A printed Health Hazard Evaluation
request form is available in English and
in Spanish. The form is also available
on the Internet and differs from the
printed version only in format and in
the fact that it uses an Internet address
to submit the form to NIOSH. Both the
printed and Internet versions of the
form provide the mechanism for

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employees, employers, and other
authorized representatives to supply the
information required by the regulations
governing the NIOSH Health Hazard
Evaluation program (42 CFR 85.3–1). In
general, if employees are submitting the
form it must contain the signatures of
three or more current employees.
However, regulations allow a single
signature if the requestor: Is one of three
(3) or fewer employees in the process,
operation, or job of concern; or is any
officer of a labor union representing the
employees for collective bargaining
purposes. An individual management
official may request an evaluation on
behalf of the employer. For the purpose
of the burden estimates, employers
includes government, other, and joint
requests. About 20% of the total number
of HHE requests received per year is
identified specifically as management
requests. The information provided is
used by NIOSH to determine whether
there is reasonable cause to justify
conducting an investigation and
provides a mechanism to respond to the
requestor.
In the case of 25% to 50% of the
health hazard evaluation requests
received, NIOSH determines an on-site
evaluation is needed. The primary
purpose of an on-site evaluation is to
help employers and employees identify
and eliminate occupational health
hazards. In most on-site evaluations
employees are interviewed to help
further define concerns, and in
approximately 50% these evaluations
(presently estimated to be about 80
facilities), questionnaires are distributed
to the employees (averaging about 40
employees per site for this last
subgroup). No specific interview form is

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used. The interview and survey
questions are specific to each workplace
and its suspected diseases and hazards,
however, items are derived from
standard medical and epidemiologic
techniques. The request forms take an
estimated 12 minutes to complete. The
interview forms take 15–30 minutes to
complete. An example of an interview
and an HHE specific questionnaire used
for two separate completed HHEs are
included in the proposed data collection
package.
NIOSH distributes interim and final
reports of health hazard evaluations,
excluding personal identifiers, to:
Requesters, employers, employee
representatives; the Department of Labor
(Occupational Safety and Health
Administration or Mine Safety and
Health Administration, as appropriate);
and, as needed, other state and Federal
agencies.

requester receives a follow-back
questionnaire 12 months after our
response and a second one 24 months
after our response. The first
questionnaire takes about 10 minutes to
complete and the second questionnaire
takes about 15 minutes to complete.
Because of the large number of
investigations conducted each year, the
need to respond quickly to requests for
assistance, the diverse and
unpredictable nature of these
investigations, and its follow-back
program to assess evaluation
effectiveness; NIOSH requests an
umbrella clearance for data collections
performed within the domain of its
health hazard evaluation program.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time.

NIOSH administers a follow-back
program to assess the effectiveness of its
health hazard evaluation program in
reducing workplace hazards. This
program entails the mailing of followback questionnaires to employer and
employee representatives at all the
workplaces where NIOSH conducted
site visits. In a small number of
instances, a follow-back on-site
evaluation may be conducted. The
initial follow-back questionnaire is
administrated immediately following
the site visits and takes about 15
minutes. Another follow-back
questionnaire is sent a year later and
requires about 15 minutes to complete.
At 24 months, a final follow-back
questionnaire regarding the completed
evaluation is sent which takes about 15
minutes to complete.
For requests where NIOSH does not
conduct an onsite evaluation, the

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Type of respondent

Form

Employees and Representatives ..............

Health Hazard Evaluation Request Form.
Health Hazard Evaluation Request Form.
Health Hazard Evaluation specific interview example.
Health Hazard Evaluation specific questionnaire example.
Initial Site Visit survey form .....

Employers .................................................
Employees .................................................
Employees .................................................
Followback for onsite evaluations for
Management, Labor and Requester
Year 1.

Total ...................................................

12/60

42

109

1

12/60

22

3200

1

15/60

800

3440

1

30/60

1720

320

1

15/60

80

320

1

15/60

80

320

1

15/60

80

120

1

10/60

20

Year
2—Closeout
Survey
Cover Letter and Forms.

120

1

15/60

30

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of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the

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hours

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Year 1—Closeout for HHE with
an On Site Evaluation.
Year 2—1 year Later HHE with
an On Site Evaluation.
Year 1—Closeout Survey cover
letter and Forms.

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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 and
send comments to Daniel Holcomb, CDC
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton
Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or
send an e-mail to [email protected].
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have

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