Funded through the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, the grants aim to advance worker safety and health by providing instructor-led training opportunities for workers and employers in small businesses with an emphasis on industries with high injury, illness, and fatality rates.
There is a range of safety topics covered among those earning the grants from personal protective equipment (PPE) training, lockout/tagout training, chemical hazards and hazard communication, falls prevention/protection training, to hazardous temperature exposure
The grants honor the legacy and work of Dr. Susan Harwood. During her 17 years with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), developed workplace safety guidelines. Those guidelines covered benzene, formaldehyde, bloodborne pathogens and lead in the construction industry.
Harwood was also primary author of OSHA’s cotton dust standard. That standard virtually eliminated byssinosis – a lung disease that causes asthma-like symptoms – among textile workers.
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Click here to learn about the grant award winners.