[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74107-74109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28271]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2010-0055]
Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses;
Revision of the Office and Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is
soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision of the current
information collection requirements contained in the regulation
regarding Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent or received) by
February 28, 2022.
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.
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov. Documents in the docket 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 website. All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for inspection through the OSHA
Docket Office. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350, (TTY
(877) 889-5627) for assistance in locating docket submissions.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and the
OSHA docket number for this Federal Register notice (OSHA-2010-0055).
OSHA will place comments and requests to speak, including personal
information, in the public docket, which may be available online.
Therefore, OSHA cautions interested parties about submitting personal
information such as Social Security numbers and birthdates. For further
information on submitting comments, see the ``Public Participation''
heading in the section of this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seleda Perryman or Theda Kenney,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor,
telephone (202) 693-2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Occupational Safety and Health Act (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 workers 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,
workers 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. This notice initiates the process for OSHA to request an
extension of the current OMB approval. This notice also solicits public
comments 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. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
Whether the proposed information collection requirements
are necessary for 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 methodology and assumptions used;
The quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply.
For example, by using automated or other technological information
collection and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Action
OSHA is requesting that OMB revise the approval of the information
collection requirements contained in 29 CFR part 1904, Recordkeeping
and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The agency is
requesting to reduce the current burden hour estimate associated with
this regulation from 2,140,861 hours to 2,048,626 for a total reduction
of 92,235 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: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Title: Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses (29 CFR part 1904).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0176.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits farms; not-for-
profit institutions; State and local government.
Number of Respondents: 5,113,141.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,048,626.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0.
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 materials must identify the agency
name and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2010-
0055). You may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document
files electronically. Please note: While OSHA's Docket Office is
continuing to accept and process submissions by regular mail, due to
the COVID-19 pandemic, the Docket Office is closed to the public and
not able to receive submissions to the docket by hand, express mail,
messenger, and courier service. 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.
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 from this
website.
All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on using
the http://www.regulations.gov website to submit comments and access
the docket is available at the website's ``User Tips'' link. Contact
the OSHA Docket Office for information about materials not available
from the website, and for assistance in using the internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Douglas L. Parker, 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. 1-2012 (77 FR
3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on December 15, 2021.
Douglas L. Parker,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2021-28271 Filed 12-28-21; 8:45 am]
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