80 FR 30053 - Announcement of Consumer Product Safety Commission's Participation in 2015 Healthy Aging Summit

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

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

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FR Document		2015-12589

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC,'' ``Commission,'' or ``we'') is announcing its intent to participate in the 2015 Healthy Aging Summit (``Summit''), sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (``HHS/ODPHP'') and the American College of Preventative Medicine (``ACPM''). The Summit will specifically highlight the science of healthy aging and preventive services and identify policy gaps that can be pursued to improve the quality of life for older adults. CPSC's focus in the Summit will be to solicit information on better ways that the CPSC and other stakeholders, including state and local governments and non-governmental organizations, can protect the senior population from consumer products that pose risks. The Summit will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC, on July 27-28, 2015. We invite interested parties to participate in or attend the Summit. Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to the CPSC related to the Summit. The comments submitted in writing can be in lieu of, or in addition to, participating in person at the Summit.

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

Announcement of Consumer Product Safety Commission's
Participation in 2015 Healthy Aging Summit

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC,''
``Commission,'' or ``we'') is announcing its intent to participate in
the 2015 Healthy Aging Summit (``Summit''), sponsored by the Department
of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (``HHS/ODPHP'') and the American College of Preventative
Medicine (``ACPM''). The Summit will specifically highlight the science
of healthy aging and preventive services and identify policy gaps that
can be pursued to improve the quality of life for older adults. CPSC's
focus in the Summit will be to solicit information on better ways that
the CPSC and other stakeholders, including state and local governments
and non-governmental organizations, can protect the senior population
from consumer products that pose risks. The Summit will be held at the
Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC, on July 27-28, 2015.

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We invite interested parties to participate in or attend the Summit.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to the CPSC
related to the Summit. The comments submitted in writing can be in lieu
of, or in addition to, participating in person at the Summit.

DATES: The Summit will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on July 27,
2015, and from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on July 28, 2015. The CPSC
session titled, ``Consumer Product Safety Listening Session,'' will
take place on July 27, 2015, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Individuals
who wish to attend the Summit should register by July 13, 2015; on-site
registration will be offered, but at a higher cost, on the day of the
Summit. Any written comments should be submitted to the CPSC by July
27, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The Summit will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500
Calvert Street NW., Washington, DC 20008 on July 27-28, 2015. To attend
the conference and provide oral comments during the CPSC Listening
Session on July 27 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., you must register for
the 2015 Healthy Aging Summit at www.2015healthyagingsummit.org. Time
will be limited to three (3) minutes per commenter, subject to one hour
time frame of the CPSC Listening Session. The ability to provide oral
comments is on a first-come, first-served basis.
For any parties who wish to submit written comments, written
submissions can be made to the CPSC in the following way:
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier to: Office of the Secretary, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,
MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923; Email to: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov.
Instructions: All submissions received must include: the ``Consumer
Product Safety Commission'' and title, ``2015 Healthy Aging Summit.''
All comments received may be posted without change, including any
personal identifiers, contact information, or other personal
information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Adair, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850, telephone
301-987-2238, email seniorsummit@cpsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

In establishing and revising its priorities, the Commission takes
into consideration the vulnerability of the population at risk
including risks to children, the elderly, and the handicapped. There
were an estimated 37,200 consumer product-related deaths in 2010.
Almost 65 percent of these deaths were suffered by seniors (adults 65
and older), despite this group making up only 13 of the U.S.
population. Seniors also have suffered an estimated 5 million injuries
each year since 2008. The number, rate, and costs of serious injuries
to seniors associated with consumer products rise every year and the
size of the population of older adults in the United States is rising
quickly as well. By 2030, older adults will comprise 20.6 percent of
the U.S. population. By 2050, the senior population is expected to more
than double, from 40 million in 2010, to more than 88 million.
In addition to the physical toll of injuries on the senior
population, the societal costs are significant. CPSC estimates that the
total societal costs of injuries related to, but not necessarily caused
by, consumer products involving older adults, including pain and
suffering costs, exceed $100 billion annually. See http://www.cpsc.gov/en/About-CPSC/Commissioners/Robert-Adler/Commissioner-Adler-Statements/Acting-Chairman-Robert-Adler-Introduces-Senior-Safety-Initiative/.

II. Topics for the Summit

In general, the Summit will focus on the science of healthy aging
and preventive services and will identify policy gaps that can be
addressed to improve the quality of life for older adults. The Summit
will begin with a daily plenary session for all attendees. Concurrent
sessions on a variety topics related to healthy aging will occur in the
afternoon.
The full agenda can be found at the Summit Web site:
www.2015HealthyAgingSummit.org.
CPSC's engagement in the Summit will focus on soliciting
information relating to ways that CPSC and other stakeholders,
including state and local governments and non-governmental
organizations, can reduce the risk to the senior population from
consumer products that pose risks. Areas of interest include, but are
not limited to:
Techniques or best practices for CPSC to provide messages
to seniors and their caregivers;
Programs or initiatives targeting senior safety;
Strategies for improving safety in the home;
Causes of injuries to seniors from consumer products;
Human factors research needs about seniors;
Fire safety and seniors; and
Societal costs of injuries to seniors from consumer
products.
A session specifically for participants to provide comments to CPSC
titled, the ``Consumer Product Safety Listening Session,'' will be held
on July 27, 2015, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Summit. We invite
you to share your comments at this session.
The Listening Session will open with a brief overview from CPSC on
the topics of interest. The floor will then be open to pre-registered
commenters. Each commenter will be limited to three (3) minutes.
CPSC would like to hear from you and is interested in comments and
responses to the following questions related to the topics listed
above:
1. What are the common safety issues and concerns when considering
seniors and consumer product safety?
2. What consumer product(s) present(s) the greatest hazard(s) to
the seniors? How can each hazard be mitigated?
3. What usage patterns for consumer products present special
hazards to seniors?
4. What communications issues/opportunities exist for educating the
senior population about hidden consumer product safety issues
associated with aging?
5. What product safety design characteristics have been shown to be
most helpful to seniors?
To provide oral comments during the CPSC Listening Session on July
27, 2015, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., you must register for the 2015
Healthy Aging Summit at: www.2015healthyagingsummit.org to attend the
conference. Time will be limited to three (3) minutes per commenter,
with the CPSC Listening Session limited to one hour. Commenters will be
scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. Written submissions can
be made to the CPSC, as provided in the ADDRESSES portion of this
notice.

Dated: May 20, 2015.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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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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Dates		The Summit will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on July 27, 2015, and from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on July 28, 2015. The CPSC session titled, ``Consumer Product Safety Listening Session,'' will take place on July 27, 2015, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Individuals who wish to attend the Summit should register by July 13, 2015; on-site registration will be offered, but at a higher cost, on the day of the Summit. Any written comments should be submitted to the CPSC by July 27, 2015.
Contact		Patricia Adair, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850, telephone 301-987-2238, email [email protected]
FR Citation		80 FR 30053