News Release
US Department of Labor announces $10.5M in state grant funding to support mine safety, health throughout the nation
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 |
