Department Of Labor & Industrial Relations Missouri

The Missouri Division of Labor Standards, operating under the Department of Labor & Industrial Relations, is a state government entity registered in SAM.gov since April 2006 and located in Jefferson City, Missouri. As a child entity within Missouri's labor regulatory structure, the Division serves as the designated state agency for delivering federal workplace safety and health initiatives. The Division provides consultative and educational services to Missouri employers and workers through federal grant funding, with a primary focus on improving occupational safety conditions across diverse industry sectors within the state.

The Missouri Division of Labor Standards has received consistent federal grant funding across two primary program areas administered by the U.S. Department of Labor. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Division has received multiple cooperative agreements and one block grant totaling at least $1.528 million since fiscal year 2021 through the Consultation Agreements program (CFDA 17.504). These awards fund the On-Site Consultation Program, which delivers no-cost and confidential workplace safety assessments to small employers with 500 or fewer employees, with emphasis on high-hazard industries. The consultation services include comprehensive hazard evaluations, employee interviews, compliance advice aligned with OSHA standards, and verification of hazard corrections, with deliverables requiring that at least 90 percent of initial visits occur at high-hazard establishments with 250 or fewer employees. Additionally, the Division has received recurring formula grants from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) since fiscal year 2021 for mine safety training and state mining law enforcement programs. These MSHA grants support the Division's efforts to develop and enforce state mining regulations, improve workers' compensation and mining occupational disease programs, and provide federally mandated training and retraining for miners, mine operators, and others in surface and underground coal and metal or nonmetal mining operations, with particular emphasis on small mining operations and underserved communities within the mining industry. The Division implements these federal grant programs directly as the prime recipient, with no identified subrecipient partners in the available award documentation.