Federal Register #2026-22016

MSHA Seeks OMB Review of Mine Hoisting Equipment Test and Inspection Records Collection

DOL’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) seeks Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review of records kept for mine personnel hoisting equipment tests and examinations. - Government buyer: U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA); OMB is the reviewing office. - Collection purpose: Records of tests and examinations of mine personnel hoisting systems, including wire ropes, help identify developing equipment deficiencies and support corrective action to prevent accidents. - Estimated scope: 393 respondents, 105,563 responses, 8,916 annual burden hours, and $348,920 in other annual costs. - MSHA invites comments on the collection’s necessity and practical utility, burden and cost estimates, ways to improve the information collected, and ways to reduce respondent burden. - This is a Paperwork Reduction Act information collection request, not a solicitation for products or services. No OEMs, vendors, product line items, or service line items are identified.

Description

The Department of Labor is submitting an MSHA-sponsored information collection request to OMB for review and approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The collection requires records of specific tests and inspections of mine personnel hoisting systems, including wire ropes, to identify developing deficiencies and support corrective action before an accident. Comments are invited on the necessity and practical utility of the collection, burden and cost estimates, ways to improve the collection, and ways to reduce respondent burden. Written comments are due by November 30, 2026.

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