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at work for all people through research
and prevention. Working youth have
long been a priority area for NIOSH.
Approximately 17.5 million workers
were less than 24 years of age in 2010,
representing 13% of the workforce
[NIOSH 2014]. For the period 1997
through 2003, nearly 80% of high
school students reported working while
still in high school [BLS 2005; NIOSH
2013]. During the 10-year period 1998–
2007, an estimated 7.9 million nonfatal
injuries to younger workers were treated
in U.S. hospital emergency departments
(EDs) [CDC 2010]. The nonfatal injury
rate was 5.0 ED-treated injuries per 100
full-time equivalent (FTE) workers,
approximately two times higher than
among workers age 25 or over [CDC
2010]. One study estimates that workrelated injuries for youths up to age 19
account for an annual cost of $5 billion,
or 3.9% of all workplace injury costs in
the United States [Miller and Waehrer
1998].
Given the disproportionate number of
workplace injuries and illnesses
suffered by young workers, occupational
safety education is a critical and urgent
concern [Chin et al. 2010]. Although the
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
Act of 1970 regulates that employers
have the primary responsibility for
providing a safe and healthy workplace,
future working generations should be
equipped with a foundation of
workplace safety and health knowledge
and skills. A mastery of general
occupational safety and health
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themselves and others and to contribute
to safe and healthy working conditions.
For this project, twenty-eight (28) key
informant interviews will be conducted.
They will consist of seven (7)
respondents from each of the four (4)
regions of the United States (Northeast,
Midwest, West, South) as defined by the
U.S. Census Bureau. In each region, a
sample of districts will be selected
based on jurisdictional density, as
defined by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES). The
participants for this data collection will
be recruited with the assistance of a
contractor who has successfully
performed similar tasks for NIOSH in
the past. The sample size is based on
recommendations related to qualitative
interview methods and the research
team’s prior experience. The interview
discussion guide will be administered
verbally by phone to participants in
English. Once this study is complete,
results will be made available via
various means including print
publications and the agency internet
site. The information gathered by this
project will inform NIOSH of the
receptivity and barriers faced by these
school districts for incorporating
workplace safety and health
competencies for young workers as a
vital component of their curricula
within academic and vocational
education programs at the middle and
high school level. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time.
The total estimated annual burden
hours are 14.

injury or illness are key to any workreadiness effort and to every job. NIOSH
has developed fundamental workplace
safety and health competencies that
apply to all workplaces [NIOSH 2013;
Schulte et al. 2014]. The eight core
workplace safety and health
competencies are general transferable
skills that can apply across all
industries. They can be used with the
job-specific skills that workers gain
through apprenticeship and career
technical or vocational training
programs. These core competencies/
skills can be used to improve the health
and safety of individuals in other places
as well, such as in homes, schools, or
communities.
The purpose of this study is,
therefore, to conduct key informant
interviews with a limited number of
assistant superintendents and/or
curriculum coordinators in school
districts across the country to assess
their openness to incorporating
workplace safety and health skills for
young workers into their programs as a
vital component of their curricula in
both academic and vocational education
programs at the middle and high school
level. The information will inform
NIOSH on incentives barriers for the
inclusion of work place safety and
health competencies as the ‘‘missing life
skill’’ in the curricula and programs of
U.S. middle schools and high schools.
Providing youth with foundational
workplace health and safety skills
enables young workers to better protect

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Type of respondent

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Number of
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response
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Leroy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce public
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opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To
request more information on the below
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send
comments to Leroy Richardson, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email to [email protected].
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
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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 collected; (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; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Monitoring and Reporting System for
the Division of Community Health’s
Cooperative Agreement Programs—
New—National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) established the

Monitoring allows CDC to determine
whether an awardee is meeting
performance goals and to make
adjustments in the type and level of
technical assistance provided to them to
support attainment of their objectives.
CDC’s monitoring and evaluation
activities also allow CDC to provide
oversight of the use of federal funds,
and to identify and disseminate
information about successful prevention
and control strategies implemented by
awardees. Finally, the information
collection will allow CDC to monitor the
increased emphasis on partnerships and
programmatic collaboration, and is
expected to reduce duplication of effort,
enhance program impact and maximize
the use of federal funds. The estimated
burden of initial population of the MIS
is 15 hours per awardee. Thereafter, the
estimated burden of producing each
semi-annual report is 3 hours.
Due to substantial interest in the new
DCH programs from a variety of
stakeholders, CDC may also seek OMB
approval to conduct targeted, specialpurpose information collections on an
as-needed basis. CDC estimates that
each DCH awardee could be asked to
participate in one special purpose
information collection per year.
Methods for these data collections could
include telephone interviews, in-person
interviews, Web-based surveys, or
paper-and-pencil surveys. Each specialpurpose information collection request
will be submitted to OMB for approval
through the Change Request
mechanism, and will include the data
collection instrument(s) and a
description of purpose and methods.
OMB approval is requested for three
years. Participation in semi-annual
progress reporting is required for
cooperative agreement awardees, but
could be voluntary for some specialpurpose data collections. There are no
costs to respondents other than their
time.

Division of Community Health (DCH) to
support multi-sectorial, communitybased programs that promote healthy
living. In 2014, DCH announced three
new cooperative agreement programs
authorized by the Public Health Service
Act and the Prevention and Public
Health Fund of the Affordable Care Act
(Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) DP14–1417, FOA DP14–1418,
and FOA DP14–1419PPHF14). The new
programs are designed to address
chronic diseases and risk factors for
chronic diseases, including physical
inactivity, poor diet, obesity, and
tobacco use. The programs will provide
support for implementation of broad,
evidence- and practice-based policy and
environmental improvements in large
and small cities, urban rural areas,
tribes, multi-sectorial community
coalitions, and racial and ethnic
communities experiencing chronic
disease disparities. DCH programs align
with the National Prevention Strategy
and ‘‘Healthy People 2020’’ focus areas.
Awards under the new FOAs will be
announced in the Fall of 2014.
Awardees are expected to include a mix
of approximately 57 state, local, and
tribal government entities, and
approximately 51 private sector entities
including national organizations. CDC
will seek OMB approval to collect
information from these awardees.
Information collection will be
conducted primarily via an electronic
management information system (MIS)
which will enable the accurate, reliable,
uniform and timely submission to CDC
of each awardee’s work plans and
progress reports, including objectives
and milestones. The electronic MIS will
also generate a variety of routine and
customizable reports. Local level reports
will allow each awardee to summarize
its activities and progress towards
meeting work plan objectives. CDC will
use the information collected in the MIS
to monitor each awardee’s progress and
to identify its strengths and weaknesses.

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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
(in hours)

Type of respondents

Form name

DCH Program Awardees (state, local
and tribal government sector).

DCH MIS: Initial population ..............

19

1

15

285

DCH MIS: Semi-annual reporting ....
Special Data Request ......................
DCH MIS: Initial population ..............

57
19
17

2
1
1

3
17
15

342
323
255

DCH MIS: Semi-annual reporting ....
Special Data Request ......................

51
17

2
1

3
17

306
289

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1,800

DCH Program Awardees (private
sector).

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Leroy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) has submitted the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for
the proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address any of the
following: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) Minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses; and (e) Assess information
collection costs.
To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to [email protected]. Written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice
should be directed to the Attention:
CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or

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Proposed Project
Virtual Reality to Train and Assess
Emergency Responders—Revision—
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Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description

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by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.

NIOSH, under Public Law 91–173 as
amended by Public Law 95–164
(Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of
1977), and Public Law 109–236 (Mine
Improvement and New Emergency
Response Act of 2006) has the
responsibility to conduct research to
improve working conditions and to
prevent accidents and occupational
diseases in underground coal and metal/
nonmetal mines in the U.S.
The turn of the 21st century started
with much promise for the coal mining
industry. Because there was only one
underground disaster in the 1990s, it
seemed that emergency response in the
United States no longer needed to be a
top research priority. However, major
coal mine disasters between 2001 and
2010 have resulted in 65 fatalities.
These events highlighted the critical
need to balance investments to reduce
low probability/high severity events
with those that focus on frequent, but
less severe injuries and illnesses.
The present research project seeks to
determine optimal use of virtual reality
(VR) technologies for training and
assessing mine emergency responders
using the Mine Rescue and Escape
Training Laboratory (MRET Lab).
Responders include specially trained
individuals, such as mine rescue or fire
brigade team members, and also
managers and miners who may either be
called upon to respond to an emergency
situation or engage in self-protective
actions in response to an emergency.
This project is a step toward
determining how new immersive virtual
reality technologies should be used for
miner training and testing in the U.S.
As stated previously in the original
information collection request
justification, research activities
involving rank-and-file underground
coal miners who participate in the mine
escape training may occur at either the
MRET Lab or in an off-site classroom or
other typical instructional setting either
at an above-ground mine safety training
facility, mine administration building,
or a university or academic environment
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setting’’). Having these two subsamples
allows us to better assess uses for VR
training applications, determine the
potential additive value of training
provided in the MRET Lab, and the
potential benefits of adapting
simulation-based mine emergency
training to a broader audience. To
accommodate an appropriate amount of
mine escape participants for both the
MRET Lab modules and classroom
settings, we are requesting adding 60
more participants to our 150 participant
data collection cap, which would
ideally leave us with 30 BG4
participants, 60 mine rescue
participants (MRET Lab), 60 mine
escape participants (MRET Lab), and 60
mine escape participants (classroom
setting), for a new grand total of 210
participants.
The project objective will be achieved
through specific aims in two related
areas as illustrated below.
Training assessment:
1. Evaluate four training modules
2. Evaluate participant reactions
3. Develop guidelines
Training development:
4. Use 3D technologies to develop a
prototype for a mine rescue closedcircuit breathing apparatus (e.g., Dra¨ger
BG4).
To accomplish these goals over the
life of the project, researchers will
utilize a variety of data collection
strategies, including self-report pre- and
post-test instruments for assessing
trainee reaction and measuring learning.
Data collection will take place with
approximately 210 underground coal
miners over three years. The
respondents targeted for this study
include rank-and-file miners, mine
rescue team members, and mine safety
and health professionals. All
participants will be between the ages of
18 and 65, currently employed, and
living in the United States. Findings
will be used to improve the safety and
health of underground coal miners by
assessing the efficacy of immersive VR
environments for teaching critical mine
safety and health skills.
To assess learning as a result of
training, each participant will complete
a pre-training questionnaire, a postsimulation questionnaire, and a posttraining questionnaire. Participants
evaluating the closed-circuit breathing
apparatus training will only complete a
version of the pre-training
questionnaire. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time. The
total estimated burden hours are 47.

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