Description
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is providing funding to State, Tribal, and Territorial Governments to assist them 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 through Federal-State coordination and cooperation. The grants will support training and education programs, as well as other activities permitted under section 503 of the Mine Act.
• The program aims to prioritize health and safety training for new and small mining operations.
• The program encourages grant recipients to address contract employee safety and occupational health hazards, powered haulage and mobile equipment safety, mine emergency preparedness, mine rescue, electrical safety, training for new and inexperienced miners, managers and supervisors performing mining tasks, and falls from heights.
• The program also supports the President’s goals of increasing the discovery and mining of critical minerals.
• The grants will be awarded for a period of 12 months, starting October 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2026.
• The application should include a performance period of 12 months, a detailed budget narrative, and a project narrative that proposes training and education programs or other activities permitted under section 503 of the Mine Act.