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OMB Control No: 1219-0007	ICR Reference No: 200802-1219-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200411-1219-002
Agency/Subagency: DOL/MSHA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Mine Accident, Injury & Illness Report and Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report (30 CFR 50.10; 50.11; 50.20; and 50.30)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/24/2008
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/29/2008
Terms of Clearance: Approved consistent with the prior terms of clearance: "This information collection request is approved for an additional three years, consistent with the following term of clearance: MSHA (continue to) clarify in the instructions to the form and any other appropriate publicly available materials that the ILO classification currently in use (ILO 1/0) is being utilized as a threshold for reporting, rather than as an indication that a definitive diagnosis of a specific occupational illness or injury."

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2011	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2008
Responses	139,903	0	133,852
Time Burden (Hours)	270,666	0	105,042
Cost Burden (Dollars)	31,993	0	34,000

Abstract: Used to establish files of injury and employment data in order to measure the levels of injury experience and identify those areas most in need of improvement. The number of employees, employee hours, and coal mine production (along with injury data) are used for computation of injury rates as well as for analyses of mine industry activity and distribution. Coal production data are used in various analyses from comparative studies to complex modeling.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 91 - 173 103 Name of Law: Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	72 FR 70348	12/11/2007
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	73 FR 10469	02/27/2008
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	139,903	133,852	6,051
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	270,666	105,042	165,624
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	31,993	34,000	-2,007

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is a slight decrease in the number of respondents (from 26,250 to 22,295) due to fewer mines. However, the number of responses and hours has increased: responses have increased from 133,852 to 139,903 and hours have increased from 105,042 to 270,666. This increase is due to an error made in the last renewal process in calculating the figure for the Nonfatal Accident Investigation hours included in 50.11(b). The figure was lower than should have been provided. In re-evaluating the meaning of the phrases nonfatal accidents and other occurrences, it appears that the most accurate figures are calculated when nonfatal accidents are considered to be incidents in which an injury to an employee occurred but the incident did not cause a fatal injury. The other occurrence category would appear to be an incident which is reportable to MSHA due to a mine hazard without miner injury. The 7000-2 forms are being submitted in larger numbers via e-mail and it has been determined that these documents can be prepared in approximately half the time that it would take to make a manual submission. The hours involved in the investigation process for the 7000-1 form should decrease as should the total preparation time for the 7000-1 form as the numbers of forms submitted decreases. It is not anticipated that the preparation time will decrease for individual respondents as it not predicted that the time involved in an electronic submission will be significantly shorter than a manual submission. There was a decrease of $2,672 (actual) attributed to an increase in the number of electronic and faxed Form 7000-2. The decrease in postage costs could be a cost burden savings to respondents submitting forms via e-mail. The electronic submission of form 7000-1 has been possible only since October of 2003 so the numbers of respondents responding electronically will likely increase in the future.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $474,987

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Debra Ferraro 202-693-9821 Ferraro.debra@dol.gov

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