Brookwood Sago Question 3.pdf
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This document is a questions and answers (Q&A) document related to the Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grant opportunity. The Q&A indicates that local and regional fire departments may be eligible to apply for this grant, as public entities. The grant funding can be used to support education and training programs focused on MSHA priorities such as occupational hazards, powered haulage safety, mine emergency preparedness, mine rescue, electrical safety, training for new and inexperienced miners, and other programs to ensure miner safety and health. MSHA is particularly interested in supporting programs that emphasize training on miners' statutory rights. The Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grant opportunity is a federal grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration. It provides up to $1,000,000 in total funding, with individual grants ranging from $50,000 to $1,000,000. Eligible applicants include states, territories, tribal governments, and private or public nonprofit entities.
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We received the following question:
Q. May fire departments apply for a Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety grant? If so, are there any specific items they are allowed to apply for?
A. As public entities, local and regional fire departments may be eligible for a Brookwood- Sago Mine Safety grant. The application must focus one of the following MSHA priorities for the education and training of miners or creating training materials:
Occupational hazards caused by exposures to respirable dust and crystalline silica, powered haulage and mobile equipment safety, mine emergency preparedness, mine rescue, electrical safety, contract and customer truck drivers, lack of training for new and inexperienced miners (including managers and supervisors performing mining tasks), pillar safety for underground mines, lack of personal protective equipment (including falls from heights), and other programs to ensure the safety and health of miners. MSHA is interested in supporting programs emphasizing training on miners’ statutory rights, including the right to be provided a safe and healthy working environment (including Part 90 miners), to refuse an unsafe task, and to have a voice in the safety and health conditions at the mine.
As some fire departments are mine rescue teams or assist mine rescue teams, these applicants could propose training activities or create training materials to implement mine emergency preparedness and mine rescue activities for local mines.
Ursula A. Frazier
Management Analysis Officer Educational Policy & Development
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