NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety: Midcourse Review of Strategic Plan |
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John Howard
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
15 August 2016
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54094-54096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19350]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[CDC-2016-0067, Docket Number NIOSH 270-A]
NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety: Midcourse Review of
Strategic Plan
AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of public web meeting and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of
the
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces a public web
meeting and an opportunity to comment on future directions for the
NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety. To view the notice and related
materials, visit http://www.regulations.gov and enter CDC-2016-0067 in
the search field and click ``Search.''
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dates:
Addresses:
For Further Information Contact:
Supplementary Information:
I. Background
II. Public Web Meeting
Instructions:
DATES: The public web meeting will be held on September 14, 2016 from
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or after the last public commenter
in attendance has spoken, whichever occurs first. The public web
meeting will be a web-based event available only by remote access.
Written comments submitted to the docket must be received by October
14, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments, identified by CDC-2016-0067
and Docket Number NIOSH 270-A, by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, NIOSH Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-34, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45226-1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Rosa L. Rodriguez, Division of
Safety Research, 1095 Willowdale Road, MS 1808, Morgantown, West
Virginia 26505-2888, (304) 285-6299 (not a toll free number),
rer3@cdc.gov; or Dr. Stephanie G. Pratt, Division of Safety Research,
1095 Willowdale Road, MS 1808, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505-2888,
(304) 285-5992 (not a toll free number), sgp2@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
is seeking input on the progress and future direction of its Center for
Motor Vehicle Safety to ensure that the program is (1) addressing goals
outlined in the NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety: Strategic Plan
for Research and Prevention, 2014-2018 http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2014-122/pdfs/2014-122.pdf; (2) meeting stakeholder needs; and (3)
working effectively toward its overarching purpose of preventing work-
related crashes and injuries.
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of work-related injury
deaths in the United States. Millions of workers drive or ride in a
motor vehicle as part of their jobs. The risk affects workers in all
industries and occupations, whether they drive heavy or light vehicles
on the job.
Between 2003 and 2014, 22,000 workers died in work-related motor
vehicle crashes. In 2013 alone, motor vehicle crashes at work cost U.S.
employers $25 billion--$65,000 per nonfatal injury and $671,000 per
death.
NIOSH is the only U.S. federal agency whose mission encompasses
prevention of work-related motor vehicle crashes and resulting injuries
for all worker populations. Since 2014, the NIOSH Center for Motor
Vehicle Safety has followed a 5-year strategic plan for research and
prevention to work toward meeting five strategic goals.
To help us review midcourse progress, we request your comment on
the Center's work and goals. NIOSH is especially interested in comments
that address the following topics:
Research Priorities
1. What research should NIOSH consider pursuing during the
remaining period covered by the NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety:
Strategic Plan for Research and Prevention, 2014-2018?
2. What research should NIOSH begin planning to initiate beyond
2018?
3. Are there additional external research partners NIOSH should
work with?
Communications and Outreach
4. What specific resources or tools are most urgently needed to
move prevention of work-related crashes forward?
5. What audience(s) for workplace crash-prevention information
should NIOSH prioritize in planning its communication strategy?
6. What are your organization's preferred digital communication
channels for receiving workplace crash-prevention information (e.g.,
email, social media, eNewsletter, Web page)?
Use of NIOSH Products
7. How have you or your organization used information from the
NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety? Of particular interest is
information on changes made in workplace motor vehicle safety programs
based on research results and/or communication materials and the impact
of those changes.
For information about the NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety,
visit www.cdc.gov/niosh/motorvehicle.
For information about Center for Motor Vehicle Safety progress
towards meeting strategic goals, see the following supporting documents
in http://www.regulations.gov: NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety:
Strategic Plan for Research and Prevention, 2014-2018; NIOSH Center for
Motor Vehicle Safety: Progress Report 2016 http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/motorvehicle/pdfs/progressreport.pdf and NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle
Safety: Performance Measures http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/motorvehicle/pdfs/performancemeasures.pdf.
II. Public Web Meeting
NIOSH will hold a public web meeting on September 14, 2016 from
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, to allow for comments on future
directions for the NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety. Attendance to
this public web meeting is first come, first served.
Confirm your attendance to this web meeting by sending an email to
rolsavsky@cdc.gov with the subject line ``Attendance: Public web
meeting'' by September 1, 2016. An email confirming registration will
be sent from NIOSH and will include details needed to participate.
Requests to make presentations at the public web meeting should be
emailed to rolsavsky@cdc.gov with the subject line ``Request to
present: Public web meeting'' by September 1, 2016. All requests to
present should contain the name, address, telephone number, and
relevant organizational affiliation(s) of the presenter. Presenters
will be assigned a 10-minute slot on the agenda. Presenters who wish to
use slides must email an electronic file in Microsoft PowerPoint format
to rolsavsky@cdc.gov with the subject line ``Presentation: Public web
meeting'' by September 1, 2016. An email confirming the presentation
request will be sent from NIOSH and will include details needed to
present and an approximate start time for the presentation. Presenters
are encouraged to be on-line at the start of the web meeting, since the
web meeting could end early and presenter may miss their opportunity to
present. For assistance with technical difficulties the day of the web
meeting, email Sydney Webb at yht4@cdc.gov.
If a presenter is not on-line when his/her presentation is
scheduled to begin, the remaining presenters will be heard in order.
After the last scheduled presenter is heard, those who missed their
opportunity may be allowed to present, limited by time available.
Attendees who wish to speak, but did not submit a request for the
opportunity to make a presentation, may be given
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this opportunity after the scheduled presenters are heard, at the
discretion of the presiding officer and limited by time available.
Instructions
All information received in response to this notice must include
the agency name and docket number [CDC-2016-0067 and NIOSH 270-A]. The
public web meeting, including all presentations and slides, will be
recorded, transcribed, and posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided as
well as all relevant comments received. All information received in
response to this notice will also be available for public examination
and copying at the NIOSH Docket Office, 1150 Tusculum Avenue, Room 155,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226-1998.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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