The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has awarded $10.5 million in 1-year federal safety and health training grants to 80 nonprofit organizations across the nation. The money will be used for education and training programs to help high-risk workers and their employers recognize serious workplace hazards, implement injury prevention measures, and understand their rights and responsibilities.
OSHA’s Susan Harwood Training Grant Program funds grants to nonprofit organizations, including community- and faith-based groups, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor and management associations, and colleges and universities. Target trainees include small-business employers and underserved, vulnerable workers in high-hazard industries.
“Susan Harwood training grants save lives,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. “The hands-on training supported by these grants helps assure that workers and employers have the tools and skills they need to identify hazards and prevent injuries.”
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In its 2015 award, OSHA is awarding approximately $2.2 million in new, targeted topic training and training and educational materials development grants to 19 organizations to develop materials and programs addressing workplace hazards and prevention strategies. Both grant types require that recipients address occupational safety and health hazards designated by OSHA, including preventing construction hazards and hazardous chemical exposures.
In addition, fifteen organizations will receive approximately $2.3 million in new capacity-building developmental grants to provide occupational safety and health training, education, and related assistance to workers and employers in the targeted populations. Organizations selected to receive these grants are expected to create organizational capacity to provide safety and health training on an ongoing basis. Two of the 15 organizations received capacity-building pilot grants designed to assist organizations in assessing their needs and formulating a capacity-building plan before launching a full-scale safety and health education program.
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OSHA also awarded approximately $3 million in follow-on grants to 20 capacity-building developmental grantees and $3 million in follow-on grants to 26 targeted topic grantees that demonstrated their ability to provide occupational safety and health training, education, and related assistance to workers and employers in high-hazard industries as well as small-business employers and vulnerable workers in fiscal year 2014.
“The Susan Harwood Training Grant Program is an essential component of OSHA’s worker protection efforts. This program provides thousands of workers and small employers with hands-on training and education in some of the most dangerous industries,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels.
Among this year’s grant recipients:
- Western North Carolina Workers’ Center to provide 4-hour training to workers in the poultry industry.
- Boat People SOS, Inc. to provide 2-hour chemical hazard training to workers in the nail salon industry.
- Migrant Clinicians Network, Inc. to provide training to workers in agricultural, janitorial, and nail salon industries on topics including heat stress, chemical safety, work-related asthma, and hazard communication.
- Workers Defense Project to provide training to workers in the construction industry, particularly targeted to workers with limited English proficiency, low literacy, and small businesses.
- Lake-Sumter State College to provide training on safe patient handling to healthcare professionals, nursing students, and healthcare employers in Florida.
- American Road and Transportation Builders Association to provide training to employers and workers in the road construction industry.
- National Association of Tower Erectors to provide training to employers and employees in the communication tower industry.
- Center for Human Services to provide workplace violence training for agricultural workers with a focus on those with limited English proficiency, low literacy, and other hard-to-reach workers.
In tomorrow’s Advisor, workplace safety training is starting early for some students—it’s coming to middle school and high school classrooms.