Mine Worker Recruitment Script

Attachment I

Individual Mineworker Recruitment Script (to be read to potential participants)

Form Approved

OMB No. 0920-15LB

Exp. Date xx/xx/20xx

Thank you for your time. We conduct research for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR). We are a non-regulatory agency within the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We research various kinds of work hazards that may affect the health and safety of the mineworker. In the current study we are recruiting mineworkers to participate in a study that is assessing ways that workers can reduce exposure to respirable coal mine dust and improve other health/safety behaviors as a result of increased organizational support.

As you know, respiratory diseases, such as Black Lung Disease, occur among workers who undergo prolonged exposure to dust. CPDM technology can be used as a learning tool to assist workers in knowing areas of higher dust exposure, their ability to mitigate problems that cause exposure, and quickly see if these changes made a difference in dust exposures. We are looking for workers who are willing to participate in several focus groups over a period of six weeks and discuss what you think has the biggest impact on your dust exposure and what you would like to change. Please note, your end of shift exposure dust sample will not be asked or recorded during the meeting. You may choose to share this information with your coworkers, however, as a way to provide information about dust-control corrective behaviors.

If you choose to participate in this study, you will be asked to provide information at three different time points over a six week period. These three time points include the following:

• A pre-assessment survey followed by participation in a focus group meeting with your coworkers. The meeting also includes filling out discussion worksheets. This will take no more than 1.5 hours.

• A workgroup focus group meeting that includes filling out discussion worksheets. This will take no more than one hour.

• A post-assessment survey followed by participation in a focus group meeting and completion of discussion worksheets with your coworkers. This will take no more than 1.5 hours.

The questions pose minimal risk to you, if you participate. You may choose not to answer any question. You will not be asked to write your name on any of the materials you complete. Information collected from you will be kept private and no individual data will be reported.

You will not receive compensation or reimbursement for your time but will be participating during normal work hours. Surveys and focus group meetings will take place onsite behind closed doors to help maintain your privacy. Your participation is entirely voluntary and you have the right to discontinue your participation without penalty.

Throughout the research study you may learn methods to reduce your respirable dust exposure. Long term, this study may reduce the number of workers who are diagnosed with CWP by offering insights into ways the mining environment and personal behaviors can be modified to reduce sources of respirable dust exposure.

Only NIOSH staff who are involved in collecting or preparing the information for analysis will have access to your answers. Questions are not of a sensitive nature and you may chose not to answer any or all of them. If you have any comments about the study procedures or your rights as a participant, you should contact Emily Haas, Principal Investigator, 412.386.4627. Do you have any questions?

Public reporting burden of this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to CDC/ATSDR Information Collection Review Office, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS D-74, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; ATTN: PRA (0920-15LB)

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