ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has awarded $10,537,000 in grant funding to support safety and health courses, and other programs. MSHA awarded grants to 46 states, the Navajo Nation, Guam, 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, including miners engaged in shell dredging or employed at surface stone, sand, and gravel mining operations.
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.
Under Section 503 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, any state in which mining takes place may apply for the grant. MSHA may fund 80 percent of the activities under a state grant program, and the state must provide matching funds of no less than 20 percent of the total program costs.
MSHA Grants to support safety and health courses, and other programs Grant Recipient City State Amount Bevill State Community College Sumiton Alabama $242,189 University of Alaska - Fairbanks Fairbanks Alaska $133,462 Arizona State Mine Inspector Phoenix Arizona $373,847 Arkansas Department of Labor Little Rock Arkansas $126,932 California Department of Industrial Relations Sacramento California $374,240 Colorado Department of Natural Resources Denver Colorado $263,566 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Saipan CNMI $13,000 Central Connecticut State University New Britain Connecticut $78,041 Tallahassee Community College Tallahassee Florida $166,734 Oconee Fall Line Technical College Atlanta Georgia $201,683 Guam Department of Labor Tamuning Guam $13,000 North Idaho College Post Falls Idaho $140,935 Illinois Department of Natural Resources Springfield Illinois $271,987 Vincennes University Vincennes Indiana $260,397 Eastern Iowa Community College District Davenport Iowa $184,836 Hutchinson Community College Hutchinson Kansas $122,352 Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Frankfort Kentucky $529,102 Northshore Technical Community College Greensburg Louisiana $111,268 Maine Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards Augusta Maine $117,104 Maryland Department of the Environment La Plata Maryland $73,813 Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards Boston Massachusetts $94,331 Michigan Technological University Houghton Michigan $252,812 Minnesota State Colleges and University St. Paul Minnesota $381,063 Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Jackson Mississippi $46,118 Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Jefferson City Missouri $267,461 Montana Department of Labor and Industry Helena Montana $218,737 Minerals Department Window Rock Navajo Nation $29,000 Board of Regents, University of Nebraska Kearney Nebraska $90,278 Nevada Department of Business and Industry Carson City Nevada $381,009 New Hampshire Dept. of Resources & Economic Development Concord New Hampshire $71,254 New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Trenton New Jersey $59,167 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro New Mexico $197,856 New York State Department of Labor Albany New York $325,239 North Carolina Department of Labor Raleigh North Carolina $180,161 North Dakota Department of Career and Technical Education Bismarck North Dakota $133,160 Ohio Department of Natural Resources Columbus Ohio $284,268 Oklahoma Department of Mines Oklahoma City Oklahoma $165,332 Eastern Oregon University La Grande Oregon $148,094 Pennsylvania Bureau of Mine Safety Harrisburg Pennsylvania $647,460 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City South Dakota $93,656 Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Nashville Tennessee $190,049 University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas $631,175 Utah State University Eastern Price Utah $227,914 Vermont Department of Labor Montpelier Vermont $106,355 Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Big Stone Gap Virginia $278,029 Eastern Washington University Cheney Washington $171,679 West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training Charleston West Virginia $591,955 Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services Madison Wisconsin $170,000 Northern Wyoming Community College District Gillette Wyoming $304,900 Total $10,537,000
