U.S. Dept. of Labor awards more than $11.7M in safety grants

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the award of $11,746,992, in grants to support worker and employer education to make workplaces around the nation safer and healthier.

Administered by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program is making grants to 90 nonprofit organizations in fiscal year 2022 for education and training on hazard recognition and injury prevention, workers’ rights, and employers’ legal responsibilities to provide safe and healthful workplaces.

Named for late Susan Harwood, former director of OSHA’s Office of Risk Assessment, the grants are awarded in the Targeted Topic Training, Training and Educational Materials Development, and Capacity Building categories. During her 17 years with OSHA, Dr. Harwood helped develop federal standards to protect workers from bloodborne pathogens, cotton dust, benzene, formaldehyde, asbestos and lead in construction.

OSHA grants are awarded to non-profit organizations, including community and faith-based groups, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor-management associations, Native American tribes, and local and state-sponsored colleges and universities. Target trainees include small-business employers and underserved vulnerable workers in high-hazard industries.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to help ensure these conditions for America’s workers by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, education and assistance. Learn more about OSHA.

A list of fiscal year 2022 Susan Harwood Training Grant Program awards follows this release.

Targeted Topic Training Grants Recipients	City	State	Amount
South Arkansas Community College	El Dorado	AR	$100,085
Asian Health Services	Oakland	CA	$64,000
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates	Oakland	CA	$55,000
Community Services & Employment Training Inc.	Visalia	CA	$160,000
National Day Laborer Organizing Network	Pasadena	CA	$160,000
Port of San Diego Ship Repair Assoc.	National City	CA	$145,460
University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley	CA	$160,000
University of California, San Diego	La Jolla	CA	$159,925
American Road & Transportation Builders Assoc.	Washington	DC	$160,000
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Program	Washington	DC	$160,000
Farmworker Justice	Washington	DC	$160,000
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries	Washington	DC	$160,000
Florida International University	Miami	FL	$160,000
Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation	Statesboro	GA	$152,000
Building Industry Association of Hawaii	Waipahu	HI	$125,190
Iowa State University of Science & Technology	Ames	IA	$84,628
Latino Worker Safety Center	Hillside	IL	$160,000
Northern Illinois University	DeKalb	IL	$158,931
LeadingAge Kansas Foundation	Topeka	KS	$141,519
Brazilian Worker Center Inc.	Allston	MA	$152,800
CASA Inc.	Hyattsville	MD	$160,000
IUPAT Finishing Trades Institute	Hanover	MD	$160,000
University of Southern Maine	Portland	ME	$160,000
Wayne State University	Detroit	MI	$157,319
Western North Carolina Workers’ Center	Hendersonville	NC	$100,505
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest	Lincoln	NE	$85,000
University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Lincoln	NE	$154,568
Tree Care Industry Association Inc.	Manchester	NH	$139,582
Applied Labor Employment Studies Institute	Morristown	NJ	$160,000
Education & Training Institute Inc.	New Brunswick	NJ	$160,000
New Jersey State AFL-CIO, CSA Inc.	Trenton	NJ	$160,000
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences	Newark	NJ	$160,000
New Mexico Caregivers Coalition	Bernalillo	NM	$107,435
Alliance for Manufacturing & Technology	Binghamton	NY	$120,000
Laborers' Local 17 Training & Educational Fund	Newburgh	NY	$91,142
Make Myself Aid for Humanity Inc.	Nanuet	NY	$124,880
Mohawk Valley Community College	Utica	NY	$49,104
Western New York Council on Occupational Safety & Health	Buffalo	NY	$127,454
Oklahoma State University	Stillwater	OK	$160,000
Manufacturers’ Assoc.	York	PA	$156,415
Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety & Health	Philadelphia	PA	$153,257
National Association of Tower Erectors	Watertown	SD	$160,000
El Paso County Community College	El Paso	TX	$160,000
Organization of Hispanic Contractors	Dallas	TX	$160,000
South Texas College	McAllen	TX	$159,863
Texas State University	San Marcos	TX	$154,000
University of Houston-Clear Lake	Houston	TX	$159,963
University of Texas at Arlington	Arlington	TX	$160,000
University of Texas at El Paso	El Paso	TX	$160,000
University of Texas at San Antonio	San Antonio	TX	$120,646
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	Galveston	TX	$107,968
Workers Defense Project	Austin	TX	$160,000
American Traffic Safety Services Assoc.	Fredericksburg	VA	$158,829
Associated General Contractors of America	Arlington	VA	$159,494
Boat People SOS Inc.	Falls Church	VA	$160,000
Legal Aid Justice Center	Charlottesville	VA	$160,000
Timber Products Manufacturers Inc.	Spokane	WA	$135,000
Washington On-Site Sewage Assoc.	Puyallup	WA	$149,239
West Virginia University Research Corp.	Morgantown	WV	$160,000
Training & Educational Materials Development Grants	City	State	Amount
BPSOS Center for Community Advancement Inc.	Westminster	CA	$75,000
Foundation for Chemistry Research and Initiatives	Washington	DC	$75,000
University of Florida	Gainesville	FL	$75,000
Southern Illinois University	Carbondale	IL	$75,000
Mississippi State University	Mississippi State	MS	$74,679
University of Southern Mississippi	Hattiesburg	MS	$67,715
East Carolina University	Greenville	NC	$75,000
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte	NC	$75,000
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	Socorro	NM	$75,000
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	Rapid City	SD	$41,309
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station	College Station	TX	$75,000
Texas A&M University	College Station	TX	$74,760
Marshall University Research Corp.	Huntington	WV	$74,999
Capacity Building Developmental & Pilots Grants	City	State	Amount
Georgetown University	Washington	DC	$79,967
Sustainable Workplace Alliance	Lake Wales	FL	$167,000
AgriSafe Network Inc.	Peosta	IA	$180,000
Western Iowa Tech Community College	Sioux City	IA	$180,000
National Council for Occupational Safety and Health	Somerville	MA	$179,996
Melwood Horticultural Training Center Inc.	Upper Marlboro	MD	$139,501
Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center	Las Vegas	NV	$150,000
Kent State University	Kent	OH	$74,193
Millersville University of Pennsylvania	Millersville	PA	$179,743
Capacity Building Follow-on Grants	City	State	Amount
University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa	AL	$160,256
Kern County Builders Exchange	Bakersfield	CA	$130,488
Shasta Builders Exchange	Redding	CA	$128,260
William Rainey Harper College	Palatine	IL	$131,219
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health	Dorchester	MA	$80,375
University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati	OH	$131,220
Agricenter International Inc.	Memphis	TN	$115,242
Texas A&M University-Kingsville	Kingsville	TX	$89,069
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	Blacksburg	VA	$145,800
Total			$11,746,992

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