Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) awarded these grants to support the delivery of federally mandated training for new and experienced miners at surface and underground coal and metal and nonmetal mines.
MSHA is awarded grants in 45 states, the Navajo Nation, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
States and territories apply for grant funding, which then ends up awarded to state mine inspectors’ offices, state departments of labor, and state-supported colleges and universities.
Training, Education Programs
Training and education programs end up tailored locally to address conditions and hazards miners may experience.
“A strong and thriving America relies on a mining industry that safely produces the minerals essential to our economy,” said Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Wayne Palmer. “These grants will promote safe and healthful workplaces for over 300,000 miners across 47 states, territories, and tribal lands.”
There are other grants for mining training that also ended up awarded.
Brookwood-Sago grant funding went out to two organizations to support education and training initiatives. They will help identify and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around the nation’s mines.
Administered by MSHA, the Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety grant program helps recipients create training materials. They can also conduct mine safety training, and educational programs designed to protect the safety and health of miners.
The recipients of the 2026 Brookwood-Sago grants are as follows:
- Saelua Medical Corporation in Pago Pago, American Samoa, $170,000
- University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, $80,000
The following organizations earned the $10.5 million from the MSHA in grants:
