OSHA has awarded $10.6 million in Susan Harwood Training
Grant Program to 78 nonprofit organizations, including community- and
faith-based groups, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor-management
associations, colleges and universities.
"The Susan Harwood Training Program provides
thousands of workers and employers with hands-on, critical health and safety
training to reduce occupational injuries," said U.S. Secretary of Labor
Thomas E. Perez. "The federal grants awarded will provide workers and
employers in some of the most dangerous industries with important tools to
identify and eliminate hazards."
The Harwood program supports safety and health training
programs that educate workers and employers in industries with high injury,
illness and fatality rates; underserved youth; limited English proficiency and
other vulnerable workers; and small businesses. For more information, read the news
release.
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