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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today awarded
$4,177,000 in Susan Harwood Training Grants to conduct safety and health
training programs for more than 50,000 workers, supervisors and employers
nationwide.
"These grants educate and train employers and workers in ways to reduce
injuries and illnesses," Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman said. "The
programs funded will go a long way to achieving our goal of a safe and
healthful workplace for all Americans."
Forty grants are being awarded. Sixteen of the grantees were selected
through a national competition open to all nonprofit organizations. The
remaining 24 awards are extensions of existing grants for another year.
"Many of the grants will focus on the injuries and illnesses in selected
industries identified by OSHA's strategic plan construction, health services
and preventing amputations in manufacturing," said Assistant Secretary of Labor
Charles N. Jeffress. "Others will provide training on such significant topics
as ergonomics, food processing safety and silica hazards in general industry."
The grants are named in honor of the late Susan Harwood, a former
director of the Office of Risk Assessment in OSHA's health standards
directorate, who died in 1996. During her career, Harwood helped develop OSHA
standards to protect workers exposed to bloodborne pathogens, cotton dust,
benzene, formaldehyde, asbestos and lead in construction.
The 16 new grants are:
Construction Safety: Construction Advancement Foundation of
Hammond, Ind., $88,000; Construction Education Foundation of Rosslyn, Va.,
$113,000; Construction Safety Council of Hillside, Ill., $156,000; Labor Users
Contractors Committee of Roseville, Minn., $96,000; Marshall University
Research Corp. of Huntington, W. V., $130,000; Roofers and Waterproofers
Research and Education Joint Trust Fund of Washington, D.C., $167,000.
Health Services: AFSCME Training and Education Institute of
Washington, D. C., $156,000; Shirley Ware Education Center of Health Care
Workers Local 250, SEIU, of Oakland, Calif., $141,000; Riverside Management and
Rehabilitation of Bolivar, Mo., $96,000; Visiting Nurse Association of Dallas,
$98,000; Washington Health Foundation of Seattle, Wash., $116,000.
Preventing Amputations: Columbus State University of Columbus,
Ga., $36,000; International Union, UAW, of Detroit, $165,000; Metropolitan
Community College of Kansas City, Mo., $98,000; South Alabama Chapter, National
Safety Council, of Mobile, Ala., $94,000; Western Iowa Tech Community College
of Sioux City, Iowa, $90,000.
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