MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY STATE GRANTS

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is providing funding opportunity for state, tribal, and territorial governments to assist in developing and enforcing state mining laws and regulations, improving state workers’ compensation and mining occupational disease laws and programs, and improving safety and health conditions in the nation’s mines. The grants will support training and education programs, as well as other activities permitted under section 503 of the Mine Act. Some key areas of focus include mine emergency preparedness, mine rescue, electrical safety, and training on miners’ statutory rights. • Mine emergency preparedness and mine rescue training • Electrical safety training • Training on miners’ statutory rights, including the right to a safe working environment and the right to refuse an unsafe task • Improving training for new and inexperienced miners, managers, and supervisors performing mining tasks • Pillar safety for underground mines and falls from heights • Contract and customer truck drivers • Health and safety training for new mines and small mining operations • Compliance assistance visits, assistance in preparing training plans, and conducting inspections of mines