80 FR 30052 - Data Sources and Consumer Product-Related Incident Information; Notice of Hearing

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 100 (May 26, 2015)

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC,'' ``Commission,'' or ``we'') will conduct a public hearing to receive information from all interested parties about sources of consumer product-related incident information that could be used to inform the Commission's hazard identification, risk management, and regulatory enforcement work. We invite participation by members of the public.

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Data Sources and Consumer Product-Related Incident Information; 
Notice of Hearing

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC,'' 
``Commission,'' or ``we'') will conduct a public hearing to receive 
information from all interested parties about sources of consumer 
product-related incident information that could be used to inform the 
Commission's hazard identification, risk management, and regulatory 
enforcement work. We invite participation by members of the public.

DATES: The hearing will begin at 1 p.m. on June 24, 2015, and will 
conclude the same day. Requests to make oral presentations and texts of 
oral presentations must be received no later than 5 p.m. Eastern 
Daylight Time (EDT) on June 17, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be in the Hearing Room, 4th Floor of the 
Bethesda Towers Building, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814. 
Requests to make oral presentations and texts of oral presentations 
should be captioned ``Data Sources and Consumer Product-Related 
Incident Information'' and sent by electronic mail (email) to: [email protected], or mailed or delivered to the Office of the Secretary, 
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Room 
820, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For information about the hearing, or to 
request an opportunity to make an oral presentation, please send an 
email, call, or write Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, 
MD 20814; email:

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[email protected]; telephone: (301) 504-7923; facsimile: (301) 504-0127.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The CPSC collects and analyzes data on consumer-product related 
injuries and deaths, from products under CPSC's jurisdiction, to 
identify consumer product-related hazards for agency action. A large 
portion of CPSC's injury information is collected through CPSC's 
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (``NEISS''). NEISS is 
comprised of information coded from hospital emergency department 
records from a sample of hospitals in the United States. Because the 
member hospitals are part of a statistical sample, the 400,000 product-
related injury reports submitted each year, along with an additional 
350,000 non-CPSC injury reports used by other federal agencies, can be 
projected nationally. Although detailed product information or 
manufacturer names often are not available, NEISS does support special 
studies of selected product or hazard scenarios. NEISS data allow 
assessment of injury trends across time and provide information, such 
as age, gender, body part injured, and diagnosis, about those injured. 
NEISS data are available to the public for analysis. Although NEISS 
data are not a source of product related fatalities or non-emergency 
department treated injuries, their timely collection does afford CPSC 
staff an insight to potential product-related emerging hazards.
    NEISS data are supplemented by reports collected through other 
channels, such as saferproducts.gov and the CPSC Hotline. CPSC staff 
reviews consumer-product related deaths, injuries and near-misses 
(events that did not result in an injury but had the potential to do 
so) by collecting and processing more than 40,000 anecdotal incident 
reports annually. Incident report sources include consumers, medical 
examiners, coroners, death certificates, health care professionals, 
state and federal government agencies, manufacturers, retailers, and 
news clips. These incident reports inform the work of CPSC staff to 
identify and reduce unreasonable consumer product-related risks.
    The form and information content of incident reports vary across 
sources. News clips report more severe incidents such as carbon 
monoxide poisonings from generators and consumer product-related 
children's fatalities. The 6,000 clips are timely and are a valuable 
source of information that consumers or health officials may not 
report. The 5,000 reports that CPSC purchases from coroners and medical 
examiners provide information about an array of fatal events, including 
those associated with off-road vehicles, furniture tip-overs, and 
product ingestions. Reports from death certificates purchased from 
state vital records departments provide similar information but there 
can be a time lag in the submission of these reports to CPSC.
    Good decision making requires high-quality data. The reports of 
greatest value to CPSC staff for identifying potential emerging hazards 
and informing risk mitigation decisions include information about the 
victim (e.g. name, age, gender, address) or submitter (e.g. name, 
address) that would allow CPSC investigators to make contact for 
further investigation. These reports should also describe the incident 
scenario or hazard pattern that makes it apparent why there would be a 
risk of harm, describe the severity of any injuries that occurred and 
the date of the incident, and include a description of the product, 
including the manufacturer and model.

II. The Hearing

    Through this notice, the Commission invites the public to provide 
information on how other organizations, domestic and international, use 
the data and information collected by CPSC and how the CPSC might 
enhance the quality, accessibility, utility, and usability of its data 
and information.
    The Commission also invites the public to provide information on 
other sources of consumer product-related injury and fatality 
information that contain the information associated with high-quality 
data. The most helpful input will include a discussion of the source's 
data quality, format, and information content and how the source might 
advance CPSC staff's work to maximize the quality and information 
content of incident reports available to inform the agency's hazard 
identification, risk mitigation, and regulatory enforcement work.
    The Commission also invites the public to provide information 
regarding industry or other best practices and other successful 
substantive and technological approaches including but not limited to 
data collection, data processing, and data format.
    In discussing the CPSC's data, presenters should recognize that the 
CPSC is faced with the challenge of distinguishing consumer product-
related incidents that pose a risk of harm or potential risk of harm 
from those that do not meet customer expectations. This challenge 
informs the CPSC's approach to its data and many of the complexities 
associated with it.
    Requests to make oral presentations and texts of oral presentations 
should be captioned ``Data Sources and Consumer Product-Related 
Incident Information'' and sent by electronic mail (email) to: [email protected], or mailed or delivered to the Office of the Secretary, 
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Room 
820, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923; facsimile (301) 504-
0127. Requests to make oral presentations and texts of oral 
presentations must be received no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight 
Time (EDT) on June 17, 2015. All submissions received may be posted 
without change, including any personal identifiers, contact 
information, or other personal information. Presentations will be 
limited to approximately 10 minutes. The Commission reserves the right 
to impose further time limitations on all presentations and further 
restrictions to avoid duplication of presentations.

    Dated: May 20, 2015.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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G. Public Comment 3. Pelagic Plan Team Commission.
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10. Public Comment on Non-agenda 5. Scientific & Statistical Committee
Items F. Standing Committee SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product
Recommendations Safety Commission (‘‘CPSC,’’
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D. Magnuson Stevens Act
2. Legislative Report on June 24, 2015, and will conclude the
Reauthorization
3. Enforcement Issues E. Standard Operating Policies and same day. Requests to make oral
4. Community Activities and Issues presentations and texts of oral
Procedures
a. Status Report on Fishing Platform F. Meetings and Workshops presentations must be received no later
b. Malesso Community Based 1. Council Coordination Committee than 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Management Program (CBMP) Meeting on June 17, 2015.
Implementation G. Other Business
c. Report on Village of Yigo CBMP ADDRESSES: The hearing will be in the
H. Standing Committee Hearing Room, 4th Floor of the Bethesda
Meeting Recommendations
d. Report on Indigenous Fishing Towers Building, 4330 East-West
I. Public Comment
Rights Initiatives Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
J. Council Discussion and Action
e. Micronesian Fishing Community 14. Other Business Requests to make oral presentations and
Project Update Non-Emergency issues not contained texts of oral presentations should be
5. Education and Outreach Initiatives in this agenda may come before the captioned ‘‘Data Sources and Consumer
B. CNMI Council for discussion and formal Product-Related Incident Information’’
1. Arongol Falú Council action during its 163rd meeting. and sent by electronic mail (email) to:
2. Legislative Report However, Council action on regulatory cpsc-os@cpsc.gov, or mailed or
3. Enforcement Issues issues will be restricted to those issues delivered to the Office of the Secretary,
4. Community Activities and Issues specifically listed in this document and U.S. Consumer Product Safety
a. Report on Northern Islands CBMP any regulatory issue arising after Commission, 4330 East-West Highway,
meeting publication of this document that Room 820, Bethesda, MD 20814;
b. Council comments on CNMI Joint requires emergency action under section telephone (301) 504–7923.
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Impact Statement (EIS) provided the public has been notified of information about the hearing, or to
5. Education and Outreach Initiatives the Council’s intent to take action to request an opportunity to make an oral
C. Update on Marianas Trench Marine address the emergency. presentation, please send an email, call,
National Monument or write Todd A. Stevenson, Office of
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Recommendations These meetings are physically Safety Commission, 4330 East-West
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cpsc-os@cpsc.gov; telephone: (301) 504– provide information about an array of Requests to make oral presentations
7923; facsimile: (301) 504–0127. fatal events, including those associated and texts of oral presentations should be
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: with off-road vehicles, furniture tip- captioned ‘‘Data Sources and Consumer
overs, and product ingestions. Reports Product-Related Incident Information’’
I. Background from death certificates purchased from and sent by electronic mail (email) to:
The CPSC collects and analyzes data state vital records departments provide cpsc-os@cpsc.gov, or mailed or
on consumer-product related injuries similar information but there can be a delivered to the Office of the Secretary,
and deaths, from products under CPSC’s time lag in the submission of these U.S. Consumer Product Safety
jurisdiction, to identify consumer reports to CPSC. Commission, 4330 East-West Highway,
product-related hazards for agency Good decision making requires high- Room 820, Bethesda, MD 20814;
action. A large portion of CPSC’s injury quality data. The reports of greatest telephone (301) 504–7923; facsimile
information is collected through CPSC’s value to CPSC staff for identifying (301) 504–0127. Requests to make oral
National Electronic Injury Surveillance potential emerging hazards and presentations and texts of oral
System (‘‘NEISS’’). NEISS is comprised informing risk mitigation decisions presentations must be received no later
of information coded from hospital include information about the victim than 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
emergency department records from a (e.g. name, age, gender, address) or on June 17, 2015. All submissions
sample of hospitals in the United States. submitter (e.g. name, address) that received may be posted without change,
Because the member hospitals are part would allow CPSC investigators to make including any personal identifiers,
of a statistical sample, the 400,000 contact for further investigation. These contact information, or other personal
product-related injury reports submitted reports should also describe the information. Presentations will be
each year, along with an additional incident scenario or hazard pattern that limited to approximately 10 minutes.
350,000 non-CPSC injury reports used makes it apparent why there would be The Commission reserves the right to
by other federal agencies, can be a risk of harm, describe the severity of impose further time limitations on all
projected nationally. Although detailed any injuries that occurred and the date presentations and further restrictions to
product information or manufacturer of the incident, and include a avoid duplication of presentations.
names often are not available, NEISS description of the product, including Dated: May 20, 2015.
does support special studies of selected the manufacturer and model.
Todd A. Stevenson,
product or hazard scenarios. NEISS data
II. The Hearing Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
allow assessment of injury trends across
Through this notice, the Commission Commission.
time and provide information, such as
invites the public to provide [FR Doc. 2015–12599 Filed 5–22–15; 8:45 am]
age, gender, body part injured, and
diagnosis, about those injured. NEISS information on how other organizations, BILLING CODE 6355–01–P

data are available to the public for domestic and international, use the data
analysis. Although NEISS data are not a and information collected by CPSC and
how the CPSC might enhance the CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
source of product related fatalities or
quality, accessibility, utility, and COMMISSION
non-emergency department treated
injuries, their timely collection does usability of its data and information.
The Commission also invites the Announcement of Consumer Product
afford CPSC staff an insight to potential Safety Commission’s Participation in
product-related emerging hazards. public to provide information on other
sources of consumer product-related 2015 Healthy Aging Summit
NEISS data are supplemented by
reports collected through other injury and fatality information that AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety
channels, such as saferproducts.gov and contain the information associated with Commission.
the CPSC Hotline. CPSC staff reviews high-quality data. The most helpful ACTION: Notice
consumer-product related deaths, input will include a discussion of the
injuries and near-misses (events that did source’s data quality, format, and SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product
not result in an injury but had the information content and how the source Safety Commission (‘‘CPSC,’’
potential to do so) by collecting and might advance CPSC staff’s work to ‘‘Commission,’’ or ‘‘we’’) is announcing
processing more than 40,000 anecdotal maximize the quality and information its intent to participate in the 2015
incident reports annually. Incident content of incident reports available to Healthy Aging Summit (‘‘Summit’’),
report sources include consumers, inform the agency’s hazard sponsored by the Department of Health
medical examiners, coroners, death identification, risk mitigation, and and Human Services, Office of Disease
certificates, health care professionals, regulatory enforcement work. Prevention and Health Promotion
state and federal government agencies, The Commission also invites the (‘‘HHS/ODPHP’’) and the American
manufacturers, retailers, and news clips. public to provide information regarding College of Preventative Medicine
These incident reports inform the work industry or other best practices and (‘‘ACPM’’). The Summit will
of CPSC staff to identify and reduce other successful substantive and specifically highlight the science of
unreasonable consumer product-related technological approaches including but healthy aging and preventive services
risks. not limited to data collection, data and identify policy gaps that can be
The form and information content of processing, and data format. pursued to improve the quality of life
incident reports vary across sources. In discussing the CPSC’s data, for older adults. CPSC’s focus in the
News clips report more severe incidents presenters should recognize that the Summit will be to solicit information on
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such as carbon monoxide poisonings CPSC is faced with the challenge of better ways that the CPSC and other
from generators and consumer product- distinguishing consumer product- stakeholders, including state and local
related children’s fatalities. The 6,000 related incidents that pose a risk of governments and non-governmental
clips are timely and are a valuable harm or potential risk of harm from organizations, can protect the senior
source of information that consumers or those that do not meet customer population from consumer products that
health officials may not report. The expectations. This challenge informs the pose risks. The Summit will be held at
5,000 reports that CPSC purchases from CPSC’s approach to its data and many the Omni Shoreham Hotel in
coroners and medical examiners of the complexities associated with it. Washington, DC, on July 27–28, 2015.

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FR Citation		80 FR 30052