The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration is making available $1 million in safety and health training grants to detect and prevent unsafe working conditions in and near mines.
Based a provision in Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, the Brookwood-Sago grants program was established, and funding in 2011 is focusing on training and training materials development and implementation for mine emergency preparedness and prevention in underground mines.
"Training is the key to proper and safe emergency response," says Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. "These funds will enable miners and mine emergency responders to receive the necessary training that may one day save lives if a mine emergency occurs."
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For a 12-month performance period, 20 grants may be awarded to states or nonprofit entities. Each grant will be at least $50,000, and the maximum award is $250,000. The new program structure also allows renewal grant applications. Aug. 31 at 11:59 p.m. EST marks the end of the competition, and MSHA will award grants on or before Sept. 30.
MSHA's grants were named in memory of the 13 men who died in two explosions in 2001 at the Jim Walter Resources No. 5 mine in Brookwood, Ala., as well as the 12 men who died in the 2006 explosion at the Sago Mine in Buchannon, W.Va.
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