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DOL Awards $10.5M Mine Safety Grants to 45 States, Navajo Nation

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration has awarded more than $10.5 million in grants to 48 recipients across 45 states, the Navajo Nation, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The grants support federally mandated training and re-training for miners at surface, underground coal, and metal and nonmetal mines, as well as shell dredging and surface stone, sand, and gravel operations. Recipients include state mine inspectors' offices, state departments of labor, and state-supported universities and colleges that tailor training to local mining conditions and hazards.