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
