Mine Health and Safety Grants
Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration
Assistance Listings
- 17.600 -- Mine Health and Safety Grants
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
The Secretary of Labor's vision for the U.S. workforce is Promoting and Protecting Opportunity. One of the Department’s strategic goals is to “improve workplace safety and health” through the strategic objective “secure safe and healthy workplaces, particularly in high-risk industries.” MSHA’s goal in accomplishing this objective is to “prevent death, disease, and injury from mining and promote safe and healthful workplaces for the Nation’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 to include the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the 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.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Government
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- State governments
Education
- Public and state institutions of higher education
Additional information
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Grantor contact information
Description
Janice Oates
Management and Program Analyst
Phone 202-693-9573
Department of Labor
Documents
No documents are currently available.
Link to additional information
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Archived: September 10, 2017
Award
$8,441,000
Program Funding
56
Expected awards
$--
Award Minimum
$--
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
MSHA2017-1
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Yes
Funding instrument type:
Grant
Opportunity Category:
Mandatory
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Category of Funding Activity:
Education
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
7
Posted date:
January 4, 2017
Archive date:
September 10, 2017
