马萨诸塞州：80万美元职场安全培训补助发给187家机构，惠及近7000名工人
马萨诸塞州州长莫拉·希利（Maura Healey）宣布，州政府将发放80万美元职场安全培训补助，187家机构获资助，培训将惠及近7000名工人。
这笔资金由马萨诸塞州劳工与劳动力发展部门下属的工业事故部（DIA）管理，受助者包括市镇政府、小型企业，以及少数族裔、女性和退伍军人拥有的企业，涵盖制造业、建筑业等工伤风险较高的行业。
该培训补助计划自1988年设立以来，工业事故部已累计发放约2500万美元，为约34万名工人提供安全培训，参与雇主达1880家。单个机构可通过州政府的 SafetyWorks 平台申请最高2.5万美元的培训补助，详情见 mass.gov/SafetyWorks。
希利表示，每名工人都有权在一天工作结束后平安回家，州政府的投入就是要帮助雇主提前消除工作场所的隐患。
副州长金·德里斯科尔（Kim Driscoll）、劳工部长劳伦·琼斯（Lauren Jones）以及工业事故部安全办公室主任玛丽安·法尔维（Maryann Falvey）均表示，这类培训补助直接降低了工伤事故和相应的保险成本，对小企业尤其重要。
Massachusetts: Governor Healey Awards $800,000 to Improve Workplace Safety for Nearly 7,000 Workers
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced that the state is awarding $800,000 in workplace safety training grants to 187 organizations, reaching nearly 7,000 workers.
The grants are administered by the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) within the state's labor and workforce development secretariat. Recipients include municipalities, small businesses, and minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses, in higher-risk sectors such as manufacturing and construction.
Since the training grant program began in 1988, DIA has awarded about $25 million, training roughly 340,000 workers across 1,880 employers. Organizations can apply for training grants of up to $25,000 through the state's SafetyWorks Initiative at mass.gov/SafetyWorks.
Healey said every worker deserves to come home safe at the end of the day, and that the grants help employers remove workplace hazards before anyone gets hurt.
Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Lauren Jones, and DIA Office of Safety Director Maryann Falvey said the training grants directly reduce workplace injuries and insurance costs, which is especially important for small businesses.
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