Mine Health and Safety Grants

The summary for the Mine Health and Safety Grants grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Mine Health and Safety Grants: The Secretary of Labor's vision for the U.S. workforce is helping American workers gain and hold good, safe jobs. One of the Department's strategic goals is to “Promote Safe Jobs and Fair Workplaces for All Americans” through the strategic objective “secure safe and healthy workplaces, particularly in high-risk industries.” MSHA's goal in accomplishing this objective is to prevent fatalities, disease, and injury from mining and secure safe and healthful working conditions for America's miners. Under Section 503 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), Public Law 95-164, as amended, the Secretary of Labor through the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) may award grants to States (including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) to assist them in developing and enforcing State mining laws and regulations, to improve State workers' compensation and mining occupational disease laws and programs, and to improve safety and health conditions in the Nation's mines through Federal-State coordination and cooperation.