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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 36192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [http://www.gpo.gov/]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14133]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

[CDC-2013-0009; Docket Number NIOSH-264]


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
Traumatic Injury Research and Prevention Program and Strategic Goals; 
Draft Document Availability

AGENCY: The 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 draft document for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
announces the availability of a draft document entitled National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Traumatic Injury 
Research and Prevention Program and Strategic Goals now available for 
public comment. To view the notice and related materials, visit http://www.regulations.gov/ and enter CDC-2013-0009 in the search field and 
click ``Search.''
    Public comment period: Comments must be received September 16, 2013 
from publication of the Federal Register Notice.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by CDC-2013-0009 and 
Docket Number NIOSH-264, by either of the two following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 
MS-C34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
    Instructions: All information received in response to this notice 
must include the agency name and docket number (CDC-2013-0009; NIOSH-
264). All relevant comments received will be posted without change to 
http://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information 
provided. All electronic comments should be formatted as Microsoft 
Word. Please make reference to CDC-2013-0009 and Docket Number NIOSH-
264.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this review is to receive 
public comments and input on a draft document entitled ``NIOSH 
Traumatic Injury Research and Prevention Program and Strategic Goals.'' 
This document includes revisions to program strategic goals last 
updated in 2009. The draft strategic goals are intended to guide NIOSH 
intramural and extramural research for the 5-year period, 2014-2019. 
NIOSH is seeking comments on: (1) The relevance of the draft strategic 
goals; (2) suggested areas where research is needed or no-longer 
needed; (3) the adequacy of the goals for addressing the changing 
workplace and emerging hazards that threaten the safety of workers; (4) 
the adequacy of proposed performance measures; (5) opportunities for 
collaboration between NIOSH scientists, extramural scientists, and 
state occupational public health programs; and (6) input on additional 
potential partners the NIOSH Traumatic Injury Program could work with 
to enhance future directions of the NIOSH Traumatic Injury Research and 
Prevention Program.
    Background: The strategic goals in the Plan are largely based on 
fatal and nonfatal surveillance data, and address the following areas:

(1) Reduce Falls in the workplace
(2) Reduce Occupational Injuries and Deaths due to Motor-Vehicle 
Incidents and Crashes
(3) Reduce Occupational Injuries and Deaths due to Workplace Violence
(4) Reduce Occupational Injuries and Deaths due to Machines and 
Industrial Vehicles
(5) Reduce Occupational Injuries and Deaths among High Risk and 
Vulnerable Worker Groups, and
(6) Increase use of Surveillance Data to Guide Occupational Traumatic 
Injury Research and Prevention Efforts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dawn Castillo, NIOSH, Division of 
Safety Research, Mailstop H-1900, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, 
West Virginia 26505-2888. Ms. Castillo may be contacted at (304) 285-
5894 or Email at DCastillo@cdc.gov.

     Dated: June 7, 2013.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-14133 Filed 6-14-13; 8:45 am]
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