Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $143,786.06 to the Alabama Department of Workforce (doing business as Workers Compensation) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, under the Compensation and Working Conditions program (CFDA 17.005). This award supports Alabama's collection, analysis, and publication of occupational safety and health statistics pursuant to Section 24 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The cooperative agreement funds Alabama's participation in the BLS statistical program designed to generate critical state-level workforce safety metrics.

Under this agreement, the awardee will conduct surveys of occupational injuries and illnesses and censuses of fatal occupational injuries to provide comprehensive measures of employee compensation, wages, benefits, and work-related injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. These statistical products serve to assist employers and policymakers in focusing workplace safety and health efforts while enabling workers to access relevant data regarding occupational hazards. The cooperative agreement structure enables Alabama to share costs in operating the statistical program while contributing to the national occupational safety and health data collection framework administered by BLS.