劳工部拨款逾1050万美元支持全美矿山安全培训 覆盖45个州
美国劳工部（DOL）10月19日在华盛顿宣布，其下属的矿山安全与健康管理局（MSHA）已拨款逾1050万美元，用于支持全美矿山安全与健康培训和教育项目，以减少采矿事故、工伤与职业病。劳工部新闻稿编号为 26-1554-NAT，拨款总额为 10,537,000 美元。
这批资金用于为露天和井下煤矿以及金属与非金属矿山的新矿工和有经验矿工提供联邦规定的培训课程。拨款覆盖 45 个州、Navajo Nation 和北马里亚纳群岛联邦。各州和地区提出申请后，资金发放给州矿山监察办公室、州劳工部门以及州立学院和大学，各地的培训和教育项目按当地矿山的实际状况与危害类型量身定制。
劳工部长 Keith Sonderling 表示，在特朗普总统的领导下，联邦政府正投入数十亿美元于关键采矿项目和采矿教育资源，当天的拨款宣布进一步推进劳工部扩大美国采矿业的目标。负责矿山安全与健康的助理部长 Wayne Palmer 表示，这批拨款将为 47 个州、领地和部落地区的 30 多万名矿工促进安全、健康的工作场所。
从受助名单看，单笔金额较大的包括：德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校获 742,414 美元，为全名单最高；宾夕法尼亚州环境保护厅获 563,901 美元；西弗吉尼亚州矿工健康安全与培训办公室获 529,576 美元；亚利桑那州矿山监察办公室获 453,633 美元；内华达州工业关系局获 428,400 美元；明尼苏达州州立学院与大学系统获 407,985 美元。
U.S. Department of Labor Awards More Than $10.5 Million in Mine Safety Training Grants Across 45 States
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced in Washington on October 19 that its Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has awarded more than $10.5 million in grants to support mine safety and health training and education programs nationwide, aimed at reducing mining accidents, injuries and illnesses. The total award is $10,537,000, according to MSHA News Release 26-1554-NAT.
The grants support the delivery of federally mandated training for new and experienced miners at surface and underground coal mines and metal and nonmetal mines. MSHA is awarding the grants in 45 states, the Navajo Nation and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. States and territories applied for the funding, which goes to state mine inspectors' offices, state departments of labor and state-supported colleges and universities, with training programs tailored locally to the conditions and hazards miners may experience.
Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling said the administration is investing billions of dollars into critical mining projects and resources for mining education, and that the announcement furthers the department's goal to expand mining across the United States. Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Wayne Palmer said the grants will promote safe and healthful workplaces for over 300,000 miners across 47 states, territories and tribal lands.
Among the largest individual awards, the University of Texas at Austin will receive $742,414, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection $563,901, the West Virginia Office of Miners Health Safety & Training $529,576, the Arizona State Mine Inspector's Office $453,633, the Nevada Division of Industrial Relations $428,400 and Minnesota State Colleges & Universities $407,985.
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