U.S. Labor Department's MSHA Issues Increased Funding for State Health and Safety Training Grants
Posted on: Monday, 10 March 2008, 18:00 CDT
ARLINGTON, Va., March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced more than $8.2 million in health and safety training grants for fiscal year 2008, up from last year's allocation of $7.9 million.
"These grants are part of MSHA's ongoing commitment to advance miner safety and health through funding training programs," said Richard E. Stickler, acting assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. "The mining community as a whole will benefit from enhanced skills and competency levels of our nation's miners."
Grantees will use the funds to provide federally mandated training to miners. 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.
Training grant funds are being awarded to 49 states and the Navajo Nation. States applied for the grants, which are administered by state mine inspectors' offices, state departments of labor, and state-supported colleges and universities. Each recipient tailors the program to its miners' individual needs and provides technical assistance. The grants are given to states upon receipt and approval of their applications.
The state grant program was authorized by the Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969. States first received funding in 1971 to provide health and safety training to miners.
Editor's Note: A state-by-state listing of allocations follows this news release.
Fiscal Year 2008 MSHA Health and Safety Training Grants STATE AMOUNT AWARDED ALABAMA $192,643 ALASKA $49,336 ARIZONA $277,414 ARKANSAS $95,921 CALIFORNIA $326,981 COLORADO $203,175 CONNECTICUT $42,878 DELAWARE $3,916 FLORIDA $165,615 GEORGIA $186,214 IDAHO $89,396 ILLINOIS $212,389 INDIANA $185,046 IOWA $111,582 KANSAS $80,212 KENTUCKY $606,088 LOUISIANA $78,837 MAINE $53,804 MARYLAND $55,855 MASSACHUSETTS $63,395 MICHIGAN $208,065 MINNESOTA $264,446 MISSISSIPPI $58,817 MISSOURI $199,835 MONTANA $132,736 NAVAJO NATION $25,917 NEBRASKA $64,333 NEVADA $227,075 NEW HAMPSHIRE $39,285 NEW JERSEY $48,240 NEW MEXICO $142,242 NEW YORK $249,987 NORTH CAROLINA $147,870 NORTH DAKOTA $56,532 OHIO $253,827 OKLAHOMA $104,095 OREGON $102,095 PENNSYLVANIA $511,145 PUERTO RICO $53,097 RHODE ISLAND $9,357 SOUTH CAROLINA $63,569 SOUTH DAKOTA $57,275 TENNESSEE $135,057 TEXAS $414,954 UTAH $166,113 VERMONT $68,060 VIRGINIA $259,609 WASHINGTON $143,322 WEST VIRGINIA $543,898 WISCONSIN $185,642 WYOMING $186,808 Totals $8,204,000
U.S. Department of Labor
CONTACT: Amy Louviere, +1-202-693-9423; or Matthew Faraci,+1-202-693-9406, both of the U.S. Department of Labor
Source: PRNewswire-USNewswire
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