Grants Totaling $10.2 Million Awarded to 67 Orgs to Improve Workplace Safety & Health Training
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has awarded $10.2 million in grant funds to organizations to improve worker safety education and training across the country. The grants were awarded to 67 organizations under the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program and must be used to deliver hands-on training focused on recognizing, avoiding, and preventing workplace hazards, and developing new training materials.
The training priorities under the program are high-hazard industries that have higher workplace injury and fatality rates, small businesses with fewer than 250 employees that typically have fewer resources to devote to workplace safety and health, and workers facing barriers to accessing safety and health training. The Fiscal Year 2026 Awards are split between targeted training grants to help applicants provide instructor-led training sessions to address specific workplace hazards, and training and education material grants to help applicants develop new training materials for serious workplace safety and health risks.
Grant recipients span multiple industries, including agriculture, construction, cold storage, food processing, hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing, recycling/waste management, traffic control, transportation, and warehousing/distribution, with the grants ranging from $37,500 to $215,000 for targeted training and $58,199 to $95,000 for training materials.
Grant recipients include Pennsylvania State University, Hershey Medical Center, which was awarded a grant of $214,995 to provide targeted training on chemical hazards/hazard communication and chemical inhalation and absorption hazards for 670 workers in the janitorial, custodial, environmental services, and building-maintenance industries.
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Aquity4All Co. has been awarded a grant of $215,000 to provide targeted training on personal protective equipment (PPE) to approximately 500 workers in the construction, agricultural, and healthcare industries in Pennsylvania and Florida.
OSAP Foundation, Inc. (ADS Foundation) has been awarded a grant of $215,000 to provide targeted training on hazard communication and personal protective equipment to approximately 500 employers and workers in the healthcare industry across the country.
Western New York Council on Occupational Safety and Health has been awarded a grant of $169,627 to provide training to 1,020 employers and workers in the construction, healthcare, hospitality/restaurant, retail, and service industries in Western New York on instructor-led fire safety and hearing conservation.
