# Mine Health and Safety Grants

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/msha-2021-1-mine-health-and-safety-grants/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/332436

> Mine Safety and Health Administration offered grants to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make about 56 awards worth $10.5 million in total. Applications closed on May 27, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | MSHA-2021-1 |
| Agency | Mine Safety and Health Administration |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | May 27, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | not stated |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 56 |
| Total funding | $10.5 million |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 17.600 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education

Hispanic-Serving Institutions,Historically Black Colleges and Universities,Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian serving institutions, U.S Territory

## What the grant funds

One of the Secretary of Labor's goals 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.” MSHA’s role in accomplishing this objective is to “prevent fatalities, disease, and injury from mining and secure safe and healthful working conditions for America’s miners.” The Secretary of Labor, through MSHA, may award grants to state, tribal, and territorial governments (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, improve state workers’ compensation and mining occupational disease laws and programs, and improve safety and health conditions in the nation’s mines through federal-state coordination and cooperation. MSHA recognizes that state training programs are a key source of mine safety and health training and education for individuals who work or will work at mines. MSHA encourages state training programs to prioritize training for small mining operations. MSHA is also interested in supporting programs that include training on miners’ statutory rights, including the right to be provided a safe working environment and to refuse an unsafe task. The Agency encourages grantees to address in their training and education programs occupational health hazards caused by exposures to respirable dust and crystalline silica (quartz), powered haulage safety, mine emergency preparedness, donning and transferring self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs), mine rescue, electrical safety, improving safety among contractors, improving training for new and inexperienced miners, and falls from equipment. The Agency encourages grantees to focus training programs on causes of fatal accidents that occurred in the mining industry. More information about fatalities can be found on MSHA’s webpage at https://www.msha.gov/data-reports/fatality-reports/search.

## Questions people ask

### Is MSHA-2021-1 still open?

No. It closed on May 27, 2021.

### Who can apply for Mine Health and Safety Grants?

Mine Safety and Health Administration accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Mine Health and Safety Grants?

Closed May 27, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

About $10.5 million in total across about 56 awards.

### Who has won Mine Health and Safety Grants grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of Texas at Austin, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, WV Ofc of Miners Health Safety. The program made 240 awards worth $49.7 million in that time.