WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has awarded $10,537,000 in grant funding to support safety and health training, and other programs. MSHA awarded grants to 46 states, the Navajo Nation and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Grantees will use the funds to provide miners with federally mandated training. The grants cover training and retraining of miners working at surface and underground coal and metal and nonmetal mines. This includes miners engaged in shell dredging or employed at surface stone, sand, and gravel mining operations.
“These state grants help provide critical safety and health training for thousands of miners,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Jeannette J. Galanis. “MSHA is dedicated to keeping miners safe on the job, and this annual funding helps make sure miners across the country have access to proper safety training and resources.”
MSHA awarded grants based on applications from states, and they are administered by state mine inspectors’ offices, state departments of labor, and state-supported colleges and universities. Each recipient tailors the program to the needs of its mines and miners – including mining conditions and hazards miners may encounter – and provides technical assistance. The state grants are formula grants authorized under Section 503 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.
The grant recipients are as follows:
Recipient
State
Amount
Bevill State Community College
Alabama
$236,821
University of Alaska
Alaska
$142,249
Arizona State Mine Inspector
Arizona
$391,991
Navajo Nation Minerals Department
Arizona
$54,785
Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing
Arkansas
$128,278
Department of Industrial Relations
California
$379,933
Department of National Resources
Colorado
$262,949
Central Connecticut State University
Connecticut
$80,093
Tallahassee Community College
Florida
$181,183
Technical College System of Georgia
Georgia
$205,443
North Idaho College
Idaho
$143,378
Department of Natural Resources
Illinois
$271,733
Vincennes University
Indiana
$263,582
Eastern Iowa Community College District
Iowa
$187,028
Hutchinson Community College
Kansas
$128,783
Division of Mine Safety
Kentucky
$417,148
Northshore Technical Community College
Louisiana
$114,804
Department of Labor
Maine
$117,104
Department of the Environment
Maryland
$73,216
Department of Labor Standards
Massachusetts
$101,383
Michigan Technological University
Michigan
$255,137
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Minnesota
$379,465
Department of Environmental Quality
Mississippi
$46,118
Department of Labor & Industrial Relations
Missouri
$275,709
Department of Labor & Industry
Montana
$213,341
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Nebraska
$93,256
Mine Safety & Training Section
Nevada
$400,325
Department of Business & Economic Affairs
New Hampshire
$76,777
Department of Labor and Workforce Development
New Jersey
$63,199
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
New Mexico
$185,564
Department of Labor, Division of Safety
New York
$335,452
Department of Labor
North Carolina
$181,558
Department of Career and Technical Education
North Dakota
$120,220
Office of the Governor
Northern Mariana Islands
$21,991
Department of Natural Resources
Ohio
$260,854
Department of Mines
Oklahoma
$176,610
Eastern Oregon University
Oregon
$163,835
Department of Environmental Protection
Pennsylvania
$606,207
Tri-County Technical College
South Carolina
$86,803
School of Mines and Technology
South Dakota
$93,737
Department of Labor and Workforce
Tennessee
$196,389
University of Texas at Austin
Texas
$690,561
Utah State University
Utah
$244,919
Department of Labor
Vermont
$113,050
Department of Mines, Minerals & Energy
Virginia
$261,822
Eastern Washington University
Washington
$171,960
Office of Miners’ Health, Safety & Training
West Virginia
$529,191
Northcentral Technical College
Wisconsin
$98,473
Northern Wyoming Community College
Wyoming
$312,593