[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36547-36548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13292]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-16-16AMV; Docket No. CDC-2016-0048]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project entitled ``Survey of Musculoskeletal
Disorders Prevention Tools/Methods: 10-year Follow-Up''. The purpose of
this study is to administer a survey of ergonomics practitioners (those
holding professional certification) to gather information on the basic
tools, direct and observational measurement techniques, and software
used at work sites to assess risk factors for musculoskeletal
disorders.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0048 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
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 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
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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.
Proposed Project
Survey of Musculoskeletal Disorders Prevention Tools/Methods: 10-
year Follow-Up--New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The mission of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) is to promote safety and health at work for all people
through research and prevention. Under Public Law 91- 596, sections 20
and 22 (Section 20-22, Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970),
NIOSH has the responsibility to conduct research to advance the health
and safety of workers. In this capacity, NIOSH proposes to administer a
survey of ergonomics professionals as a 10-year follow-up to a survey
conducted of U.S. Certified Professional Ergonomists (CPEs) by Dempsey
et al. and published in 2005 (A survey of tools and methods used by
certified professional ergonomists. Applied Ergonomics, 36, 489-503).
NIOSH is requesting a one year approval period for this data
collection.
The project is planned to extend the original survey in two ways:
(1) The sample will be broadened to include international ergonomics
practitioners (in Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and
Australia), and, (2) the queried tools and methods have been updated to
reflect new and emerging technologies not included in the original
survey. The purpose of the survey will be unchanged--to gather
information on the types of basic tools, direct and observational
measurement techniques, and software used in the field by ergonomics
practitioners to assess workplace risk factors for musculoskeletal
disorders and to evaluate workplace interventions.
The motivation for the original 2005 survey was to better
understand the types of tools and methods practitioners use, their
opinions of these tools, and to potentially gain an understanding of
the constraints or preferences that influence this selection. At the
time of the 2005 survey, there were many tools reported in the
literature, but little information on the extent to which these
different tools were used by practitioners. Similarly, there was little
published information on users' experiences with these different tools.
There has been considerable interest in the findings and the Dempsey et
al (2005) publication has been widely cited. The program anticipates
that a follow-up effort will result in even greater interest as changes
in the practice of ergonomics and prevention of soft tissue MSDs can be
inferred from comparisons between the two surveys time points.
Since publication of the initial survey findings there has been a
proliferation of smart phone/smart device-embedded inertial and
acceleration sensors and related ``apps'' for human motion and activity
logging. Little is known about the extent to which ergonomics
practitioners are using these newer technologies towards assessing
workplace physical activity (and now, workplace inactivity and
``sedentarism'') and other job demands. Thus, the survey will provide a
contemporary perspective on the scope of use of assessment tools and
methods by these professionals. This project will involve the
collection of non-sensitive data via web-based survey questionnaire
methods. Survey data relate only to respondents' professional practice
within the OS&H discipline of ergonomics and prevention of
musculoskeletal disorders.
Only certified ergonomics professionals from five countries with
specific certification credentials will be eligible and invited to
participate. Their participation will be voluntary. The program has
assumed an optimistic 80% response rate to estimate the number of
respondents at 938 in the estimation of annualized burden hours.
In summary, this study will update information collected and
published in 2005 on the methods and tools used by practicing
ergonomists. NIOSH expects to complete data collection in 2017. The
total estimated burden hours is 469. There are no costs to respondents
other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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No. of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name No. of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs.) (in hrs.)
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Certified Ergonomics Practicing 938 1 30/60 469
professionals. Ergonomist
Survey of Tools
and Methods.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 469
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Leroy A. 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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