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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) awarded more than $10.5 million in grants in 45 states, the Navajo Nation and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to reduce mining accidents, injuries and illnesses by supporting training and education programs.
The agency is awarding these grants to support the delivery of federally mandated training for new and experienced miners at surface and underground coal and metal and nonmetal mines.
“Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, we’re investing billions of dollars into critical mining projects and resources for mining education,” said Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling. “Today’s grant announcement furthers the department’s goal to expand mining across the United States to support this administration’s goals to provide critical resources to the workers [and] industries that continue to expand in America.”
States and territories apply for grant funding, which is then awarded to state mine inspectors’ offices, state departments of labor, and state-supported colleges and universities. Training and education programs are tailored locally to address conditions and hazards miners may experience.
“A strong and thriving America relies on a mining industry that safely produces the minerals essential to our economy,” said Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Wayne Palmer. “These grants will promote safe and healthful workplaces for over 300,000 miners across 47 states, territories and tribal lands.”
The recipients of MSHA State Grants are as follows by state/territory:
Alabama
Bevill State Community College, $243,711
Alaska
University of Alaska at Fairbanks, $160,886
Arizona
Arizona State Mine Inspector’s Office, $453,633
Navajo Nation Minerals Department, $46,430
Arkansas
Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing, $138,903
Connecticut
Central Connecticut State University, $98,156
Colorado
Colorado Department of Natural Resources, $260,394
Florida
South Florida State College, $208,063
Georgia
Technical College System of Georgia, $222,128
Iowa
Eastern Iowa Community College District, $194,261
Idaho
North Idaho College, $179,032
Illinois
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, $246,170
Indiana
Vincennes University, $246,043
Kansas
Hutchinson Community College & Area Vocational School, $142,296
Kentucky
Kentucky Energy & Environment Cabinet, $329,252
Louisiana
Northshore Technical Community College, $114,804
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards, $101,775
Maryland
Maryland Center for Environmental Training, $73,552
Maine
Maine Department of Labor, $150,000
Michigan
Michigan Technological University, $291,259
Minnesota
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities, $407,985
Missouri
Missouri Department of Labor & Industrial Relations, $295,873
Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, $23,339
Montana
Montana Department of Labor & Industry, $214,047
Nebraska
University of Nebraska at Kearney, $91,848
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Department of Business & Economic Affairs, $83,000
New Jersey
New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development, $73,916
New Mexico
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, $172,394
Nevada
Nevada Division of Industrial Relations, $428,400
New York
New York Department of Labor, $342,108
North Carolina
North Carolina Department of Labor, $190,026
North Dakota
North Dakota Department of Career & Technical Education, $116,536
Northern Mariana Islands
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, $18,571
Ohio
Ohio Department of Natural Resources, $234,834
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Department of Mines, $185,332
Oregon
Eastern Oregon University, $179,236
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, $563,901
South Carolina
Tri-County Technical College, $110,699
South Dakota
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, $107,296
Tennessee
Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development, $229,744
Texas
University of Texas at Austin, $742,414
Utah
Utah State University, $285,531
Virginia
Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals & Energy, $238,875
Vermont
Vermont Department of Labor, $114,509
Wisconsin
Northcentral Technical College District, $356,941
West Virginia
West Virginia Office of Miners Health Safety & Training, $529,576
Wyoming
Gillette Community College District, $299,322
Source: MSHA
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