83 FR 34590 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 140 (July 20, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-15530

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled ``Surveillance of Nonfatal Injuries Among On-Duty Law Enforcement Officers.'' The purpose of this project is to collect follow-back telephone interview data from injured and exposed law enforcement officers treated in emergency departments (EDs) and produce a descriptive summary of these injuries and exposures.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-2018-18APJ; Docket No. CDC-2018-0062]


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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled ``Surveillance of Nonfatal 
Injuries Among On-Duty Law Enforcement Officers.'' The purpose of this 
project is to collect follow-back telephone interview data from injured 
and exposed law enforcement officers treated in emergency departments 
(EDs) and produce a descriptive summary of these injuries and 
exposures.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before September 18, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0062 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all Federal comments 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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

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collection to the OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, we 
are publishing this notice of a proposed data collection as described 
below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. 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;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Surveillance of Nonfatal Injuries Among On-Duty Law Enforcement 
Officers--New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Law enforcement officers have high rates of non-fatal injuries 
compared to the general worker population. As law enforcement officers 
undertake many critical public safety activities and are tasked with 
protecting the safety and health of the public, it follows that 
understanding and preventing injuries among law enforcement officers 
will have a benefit reaching beyond the workers to the general public.
    As mandated in the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Pub. 
L. 91-596), the mission of NIOSH is to conduct research and 
investigations on occupational safety and health. Related to this 
mission, the purpose of this project is to conduct research that will 
provide a detailed description of non-fatal occupational injuries and 
exposures incurred by law enforcement officers. This information will 
offer detailed insight into events that lead to the largest number of 
nonfatal injuries and exposures among law enforcement officers. The 
project will use two related data sources. The first source is data 
abstracted from medical records of law enforcement officers treated in 
a nationally stratified sample of emergency departments. These data are 
routinely collected through the occupational supplement to the National 
Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS-Work). The second data 
source, for which NIOSH is seeking OMB approval for three years, is 
responses to telephone interview surveys of the injured and exposed law 
enforcement officers identified within NEISS-Work.
    The proposed telephone interview surveys will supplement NEISS-Work 
data with an extensive description of law enforcement officers injuries 
and exposures, including worker characteristics, injury types, injury 
circumstances, and injury outcomes. Previous reports describing 
occupational injuries to law enforcement officers provide limited 
details on specific regions or sub-segments of the population. As 
compared to these earlier studies, the scope of the telephone interview 
data will be broader as it includes sampled cases nationwide. Results 
from the telephone interviews will be weighted and reported as national 
estimates.
    The sample size for the telephone interview survey is estimated to 
be approximately 900 law enforcement officers annually for the proposed 
three year duration of the study. This is based on the number of law 
enforcement officers identified in previous years of NEISS-Work data 
and a 30% response rate that is comparable to the rate of previously 
conducted National Electronic Injury Surveillance System telephone 
interview studies. Each telephone interview will take approximately 30 
minutes to complete, resulting in an annualized burden estimate of 150 
hours. Using the routine NEISS-Work data, an analysis of all identified 
EMS workers will be performed to determine if there are differences 
between the telephone interview responder and non-responder groups.
    The Division of Safety Research (DSR) within NIOSH is conducting 
this project. DSR has a strong interest in improving surveillance of 
law enforcement officer injuries and exposures to provide the 
information necessary for effectively targeting and implementing 
prevention efforts and, consequently, reducing occupational injuries to 
law enforcement officers. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) 
will also contribute to this project, as they are responsible for 
coordinating the collection of all NEISS-Work data and for overseeing 
the collection of all telephone interview data. The total estimated 
burden is 450 hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their 
time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Law enforcement officers......  Follow-back                  900               1           30/60             450
                                 survey.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             450
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting 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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well-established qualitative analysis organizations, or agencies outside the minute to complete each, and consent
methods, such as coding interviews for local affected communities, all forms will take five minutes to complete
themes about barriers and successes to communications will include clear each. CDC anticipates 50% of the
HIV prevention, care, and treatment. discussion of the limitations of the targeted populations screened will be
Structured response surveys will be region-specific, qualitative methods and eligible for the study. Of eligible
analyzed using descriptive statistics and the non-generalizability of the study persons, 75% will agree to participate.
other appropriate statistical methods. outcomes. Brief structured surveys will take 15
For a given year, each separate data
CDC will use the results from each minutes to complete. In-depth
collection will range from 30
specific data collection study to help to interviews or focus groups with
(minimum) to 200 (maximum)
identify ways to improve local respondents are expected to take 60
respondents based on the nature and
programmatic activities for specific scope of the research purposes. For minutes (one hour) to complete. In-
communities along the continuum of example, if there are three data depth interviews or focus groups with
HIV prevention, treatment and care for collections, the maximum combined healthcare providers are expected to
populations and areas with the greatest number of expected respondents is 600. take 45 minutes to complete.
HIV burden. CDC will communicate In a given year, CDC anticipates that the The total annual response burden
study outcomes to local stakeholders need to screen 1600 persons to identify based on an average of 600 study
and organizations in positions to 800 eligible persons, of which 600 respondents per year (assuming three
consider and implement site-specific persons will agree to participate. large data collections involving 200
improvements in HIV prevention, care, CDC anticipates that screener forms participants each) is estimated at 918
and treatment for each of the study sites will take five minutes to complete each, hours. There is no cost to respondents
examined. For stakeholders, contact information forms will take one other than their time.

Average
Number of
Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name responses per
respondents response
respondent (in hours)

General Public—Adults ................................... Study Screener .............................................. 1600 1 5/60
General Public—Adults ................................... Contact Information Form .............................. 600 1 1/60
General Public—Adults ................................... Consent Form ................................................ 600 1 5/60
General Public—Adults ................................... Demographic Survey ...................................... 500 1 15/60
General Public—Adults ................................... Interview Guide .............................................. 500 1 1
General Public—Adults ................................... Provider Demographic Survey ....................... 100 1 15/60
General Public—Adults ................................... Provider Interview Guide ................................ 100 1 45/60

Jeffrey M. Zirger, a proposed and/or continuing change, all relevant comments to
Acting Chief, Information Collection Review information collection, as required by Regulations.gov.
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Please note: Submit all Federal
of the Associate Director for Science, Office This notice invites comment on a comments through the Federal
of the Director, Centers for Disease Control proposed information collection project
and Prevention.
eRulemaking portal (regulations.gov) or
titled ‘‘Surveillance of Nonfatal Injuries by U.S. mail to the address listed above.
[FR Doc. 2018–15526 Filed 7–19–18; 8:45 am] Among On-Duty Law Enforcement
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
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request more information on the
to collect follow-back telephone
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
interview data from injured and
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND the information collection plan and
exposed law enforcement officers
HUMAN SERVICES instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,
treated in emergency departments (EDs)
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and and produce a descriptive summary of
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention these injuries and exposures.
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–
[60Day–2018–18APJ; Docket No. CDC– DATES:CDC must receive written D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
2018–0062] comments on or before September 18, 404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
2018. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Proposed Data Collection Submitted Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
for Public Comment and ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2018– (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
Recommendations must obtain approval from the Office of
0062 by any of the following methods:
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Management and Budget (OMB) for each
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health collection of information they conduct
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
and Human Services (HHS). or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
for submitting comments.
ACTION: Notice with comment period. requires Federal agencies to provide a
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information 60-day notice in the Federal Register
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burden and maximize the utility of Georgia 30329. extension of existing collection of
government information, invites the Instructions: All submissions received information, and each reinstatement of
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collection to the OMB for approval. To understanding and preventing injuries scope of the telephone interview data
comply with this requirement, we are among law enforcement officers will will be broader as it includes sampled
publishing this notice of a proposed have a benefit reaching beyond the cases nationwide. Results from the
data collection as described below. workers to the general public. telephone interviews will be weighted
The OMB is particularly interested in As mandated in the Occupational and reported as national estimates.
comments that will help: Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Pub. L.
The sample size for the telephone
1. Evaluate whether the proposed 91–596), the mission of NIOSH is to
interview survey is estimated to be
collection of information is necessary conduct research and investigations on
approximately 900 law enforcement
for the proper performance of the occupational safety and health. Related
officers annually for the proposed three
functions of the agency, including to this mission, the purpose of this
year duration of the study. This is based
whether the information will have project is to conduct research that will
provide a detailed description of non- on the number of law enforcement
practical utility; officers identified in previous years of
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the fatal occupational injuries and
exposures incurred by law enforcement NEISS-Work data and a 30% response
agency’s estimate of the burden of the rate that is comparable to the rate of
proposed collection of information, officers. This information will offer
detailed insight into events that lead to previously conducted National
including the validity of the Electronic Injury Surveillance System
methodology and assumptions used; the largest number of nonfatal injuries
and exposures among law enforcement telephone interview studies. Each
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and telephone interview will take
clarity of the information to be officers. The project will use two related
data sources. The first source is data approximately 30 minutes to complete,
collected; and resulting in an annualized burden
4. Minimize the burden of the abstracted from medical records of law
enforcement officers treated in a estimate of 150 hours. Using the routine
collection of information on those who NEISS-Work data, an analysis of all
are to respond, including through the nationally stratified sample of
emergency departments. These data are identified EMS workers will be
use of appropriate automated, performed to determine if there are
electronic, mechanical, or other routinely collected through the
occupational supplement to the differences between the telephone
technological collection techniques or interview responder and non-responder
other forms of information technology, National Electronic Injury Surveillance
System (NEISS-Work). The second data groups.
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses. source, for which NIOSH is seeking The Division of Safety Research (DSR)
5. Assess information collection costs. OMB approval for three years, is within NIOSH is conducting this
responses to telephone interview project. DSR has a strong interest in
Proposed Project surveys of the injured and exposed law improving surveillance of law
Surveillance of Nonfatal Injuries enforcement officers identified within enforcement officer injuries and
Among On-Duty Law Enforcement NEISS-Work. exposures to provide the information
Officers—New—National Institute for The proposed telephone interview necessary for effectively targeting and
Occupational Safety and Health surveys will supplement NEISS-Work implementing prevention efforts and,
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control data with an extensive description of consequently, reducing occupational
and Prevention (CDC). law enforcement officers injuries and injuries to law enforcement officers. The
exposures, including worker Consumer Product Safety Commission
Background and Brief Description characteristics, injury types, injury (CPSC) will also contribute to this
Law enforcement officers have high circumstances, and injury outcomes. project, as they are responsible for
rates of non-fatal injuries compared to Previous reports describing coordinating the collection of all NEISS-
the general worker population. As law occupational injuries to law Work data and for overseeing the
enforcement officers undertake many enforcement officers provide limited collection of all telephone interview
critical public safety activities and are details on specific regions or sub- data. The total estimated burden is 450
tasked with protecting the safety and segments of the population. As hours. There is no cost to respondents
health of the public, it follows that compared to these earlier studies, the other than their time.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of
Type of Number of burden per Total burden
Form name responses per
respondents respondents response (in hours)
respondent (in hours)

Law enforcement officers .................. Follow-back survey .......................... 900 1 30/60 450

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 450

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
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Acting 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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Contact		To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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]
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83 FR 34590 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

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