DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-97-17]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is announcing that a collection of information regarding occupational injuries and illnesses has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This document announces the OMB approval number and expiration date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph J. DuBois, Office of Statistics, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N3507, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone (202) 219-6463.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of June 11, 1997 (62 FR 31848-31849), the Agency announced its intent to request an extension of approval for the OSHA Data Collection System. This data collection will request occupational injury and illness data and employment and hours worked data from selected employers in the following Standard Industrial Classifications (SICs):

20-39 Manufacturing
0783 Ornamental Shrub and Tree Services
4210 Trucking & Courier Services, Ex. air
4220 Public Warehousing and Storage
4230 Trucking Terminal Facilities
4490 Water Transportation Services
4510 Air Transportation, Scheduled
4580 Airports, Flying Fields, & Services
4783 Packing and Crating
4953 Refuse Systems
5010 Motor Vehicles, Parts, and Supplies
5050 Metals and Minerals, Exc. Petroleum
5093 Scrap and Waste Materials
5140 Groceries and Related Products
5180 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Beverages
5210 Lumber and Other Building Materials
8050 Nursing and Personal Care Facilities

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), OMB has renewed its approval for the information collection and assigned OMB control number 1218-0209. The approval expires 12/31/ 1998. Under 5 CFR 1320.5(b), an Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid control number.

Dated February 13, 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98-4370 Filed 2-19-98; 8:45 am)