Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grant

The U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), is making up to $400,000 available in grant funds for education and training programs to help identify, avoid, and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around mines. The focus of these grants will be on powered haulage, improving safety among contractors, reducing electrocutions, and other programs to prevent unsafe conditions in mines. Applicants may be states, governments, and private or public nonprofit entities. • The grant funds will be used to establish and implement education and training programs or to create training materials and programs. • The program uses grant funds to target miners in smaller mines, including training mine operators and miners on MSHA standards, high-risk activities, and other identified safety priorities. • MSHA expects Brookwood-Sago grantees to develop training materials, recruit mine operators and miners for the training, and conduct and evaluate the training. • The grant will give special emphasis to programs and materials that target workers at smaller mines.