ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has awarded $10,537,000 in grant funding to reduce mining accidents, injuries, and illnesses by supporting safety and health courses, and other programs. The awards were made to 47 states, the Navajo Nation, Guam, and Native Village of Barrow.
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, including miners engaged in shell dredging or employed at surface stone, sand, and gravel mining operations.
Grants were awarded 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.
Editor’s note: A list of grantees follows this release.
Recipient City State Amount Bevill State Community College Jasper Alabama $249,700 University of Alaska-Fairbanks Fairbanks Alaska $125,630 Arizona State Mine Inspector Phoenix Arizona $374,930 Arkansas Department of Labor Little Rock Arkansas $126,932 California Department of Industrial Relations Sacramento California $368,995 Colorado Department of Natural Resources Denver Colorado $262,379 Central Connecticut State University New Britain Connecticut $67,349 Tallahassee Community College Tallahassee Florida $160,297 Oconee Fall Line Technical College Atlanta Georgia $195,862 Guam Department of Labor Tamuning Guam $10,000 North Idaho College Post Falls Idaho $128,935 Illinois Department of Natural Resources Springfield Illinois $270,403 Vincennes University Vincennes Indiana $257,137 Eastern Iowa Community College District Davenport Iowa $187,226 Hutchinson Community College Hutchinson Kansas $117,995 Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Frankfort Kentucky $594,488 Northshore Technical Community College Greensburg Louisiana $107,120 Maine Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards Augusta Maine $84,546 Maryland Department of the Environment La Plata Maryland $69,346 Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards Boston Massachusetts $88,884 Michigan Technological University Houghton Michigan $249,257 Minnesota State Colleges and University St. Paul Minnesota $375,153 Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Jackson Mississippi $46,118 Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Jefferson City Missouri $261,597 Montana Department of Labor and Industry Helena Montana $218,822 Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation Barrow Native Village $10,000 Minerals Department Window Rock Navajo Nation $31,947 Board of Regents, University of Nebraska Kearney Nebraska $86,168 Nevada Department of Business and Industry Carson City Nevada $368,071 New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development Concord New Hampshire $51,250 New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Trenton New Jersey $54,699 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro New Mexico $195,768 New York State Department of Labor Albany New York $320,598 North Carolina Department of Labor Raleigh North Carolina $177,500 North Dakota Department of Career and Technical Education Bismarck North Dakota $130,423 Ohio Department of Natural Resources Columbus Ohio $288,584 Oklahoma Department of Mines Oklahoma City Oklahoma $159,310 Eastern Oregon University La Grande Oregon $140,810 Pennsylvania Bureau of Mine Safety Harrisburg Pennsylvania $664,626 York Technical College Rock Hill South Carolina $73,279 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City South Dakota $88,955 Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Nashville Tennessee $188,739 University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas $611,129 Utah State University Eastern Price Utah $228,939 Vermont Department of Labor Montpelier Vermont $99,225 Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Big Stone Gap Virginia $284,272 Eastern Washington University Cheney Washington $168,254 West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training Charleston West Virginia $642,035 Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services Madison Wisconsin $169,704 Northern Wyoming Community College District Gillette Wyoming $303,614 Total $10,537,000
