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For more information call: (202) 219-8151.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
today announced $1,630,000 in training grants for 17 nonprofit groups to help
employers and employees reduce workplace injuries and illnesses.
The grantees will both train and develop educational
materials on fall protection in residential construction; small business safety
and health programs; injury prevention for workers who do lifting in hospitals,
nursing or medical facilities and logging safety.
"The education and training resulting from these grants
will strengthen OSHA's partnership with employers and employees in promoting
safer and more healthy work environments," said Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Occupational Safety and Health Joseph A. Dear. "These grants are targeted
to help reduce injuries and illnesses that result from hazards in those
particular industries."
Grantees are as follows:
Logging safety Total grants, $200,000.
- Lumberjack Resource Conservation and Development Council, Tomahawk,
Wis., $115,000 for training 4,150 persons. The grantee, working with the Forest
Industry Training Alliance, will conduct in-woods safety training, on-site
mechanized equipment and truck driver training, and short training sessions for
employers on ergonomics. It will also conduct sessions for employers on the new
OSHA logging standard. Geographic area covered: Wisconsin.
- Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Wash., $85,000 for training
1,338 persons. The grantee will conduct seminars on the new OSHA logging
standard, provide on-site training for loggers, assist logging firms in
implementing safety and health programs, and train loggers to conduct safety
training at logging sites. Geographic area covered: Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho.
Prevention of lifting injuries in hospital and nursing or
medical care facilities Total grants, $455,000.
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Washington,
D.C., $70,000 for training 572 persons. The union will train trainers and
resource personnel in the 125 nursing homes it covers. The trainees will then
conduct orientation sessions to assist workers with lifting and other
activities with the potential for job injuries. Geographic area to be covered:
nationwide.
- University of California-Los Angeles, $100,000 for training 350
persons. The university will train nursing- home workers to conduct training in
the area of cumulative trauma and back injury prevention. These trainers will
reach another 800 workers. The university will also conduct ergonomic
assessments at selected nursing homes and train staff at those locations.
Geographic area covered: Southern California.
- Toledo Hospital, Toledo, Ohio., $30,000 for training 365 persons. The
hospital will develop a training program based on its successful back injury
prevention program for its employees, train trainers to teach the program, and
assist the trainers with their training. The training will be provided for home
health care agencies. Geographic area covered: Toledo, Ohio.
- New York State Public Employees Federation, Albany, N.Y., $75,000 for
training 200 persons. The union will adapt an ergonomics training program and
train hospital workers as trainers in prevention of cumulative trauma disorders
and lifting. The trainers will ultimately train 4,000 at their worksites.
Employers already have committed training time for their employees. Geographic
area covered: New York State.
- Mercy Foundation, Des Moines, Ia., $75,000 for training 2,793
persons. This program will develop lifting training and train trainers from
inner city and rural health care sites. It will also establish ergonomics teams
in each department of participating facilities to reinforce the training in
day-to-day operations. Geographic area covered: South Central Iowa.
- Healthcare Educational and Research Fund, Albany, N.Y., $105,000 for
training 240 persons. The grantee will provide a train-the- trainer program for
hospital safety and health professionals and provide them with materials to
train workers and managers at their facilities to prevent back injuries. The
program will also provide followup services to trainers to help them with their
training. Geographic area covered: New York State.
Safety and health programs for small businesses Total
grants, $510,000.
- York Area Labor-Management Council, York, Pa., $75,000 for training
210 persons. The council will train small business employees and employers in
safety and health program development. Trainees will receive a manual and a
video on conducting workplace inspections. Outreach will emphasize
minority-owned and operated businesses. Geographic area covered: York County,
Pennsylvania.
- West Texas Safety Center, Midland, Tex., $95,000 for training 300
persons. The grantee will develop a guide for developing small business safety
and health plans and train employers and supervisors in small businesses as
safety trainers. The program and materials will be in English and Spanish.
Geographic area covered: West Texas and New Mexico.
- National Safety Council, Itasca, Ill., $110,000 for training 500
persons. This grant will revise curriculum developed under an earlier OSHA
grant. It will also expand the program from the Chicago area to nationwide,
providing chapters of the council with the opportunity to participate in small
business safety and health training. Geographic area covered: Nationwide.
- International Union, UAW, Detroit, Mich., $135,000 for training 490
persons. The union will work with joint labor/management safety and health
groups in the transportation and metalworking industries to provide training in
safety and health programs, ergonomics and site-specific hazards. Geographic
area covered: Nationwide.
- Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson, Kan., $95,000 for training
1,440 persons. The college will conduct train-the-trainer programs for small
business. It will also provide site-specific safety and health training at
employer worksites. Geographic area covered: Southwest Kansas.
Fall protection in residential construction Total grants,
$465,000.
- UBC Health and Safety Fund, Washington, D.C., $205,000 for training
1,260 persons. The Carpenters Union will develop fall protection training and
train trainers who will then train apprentices and journeymen. Training will
also be conducted in Spanish. Geographic area covered: nationwide.
- Roofers and Waterproofers Research and Education Joint Trust Fund,
Washington, D.C., $140,000 for training 465 persons. The roofers will develop
fall protection training and materials, train apprentice instructors, and train
apprentices. Geographic area covered: nationwide.
- North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Project, Durham, N.C.,
$70,000 for training 339 persons. This project will develop worker training,
conduct public education activities, train workers, and provide employers with
information about fall protection. Training will be conducted in English and
Spanish. Geographic area covered: North Carolina.
- Midwest Roofing Contractors Association, Lawrence, Kan., $50,000 for
training 1,500 persons. The grantee will develop training materials on fall
protection, conduct a series of town hall sessions for roofing contractors in
23 states, and provide training at its annual convention and trade show.
Geographic area covered: 23 Midwestern states.
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