Susan Harwood Training Grants

The Susan Harwood Training Grant Program provides funds for programs to train workers and employers to recognize, avoid, abate, and prevent safety and health hazards in their workplaces and provide related assistance. The program emphasizes six areas:

--Educating workers on their rights and educating employers on their responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
--Educating workers and employers in small businesses. For purposes of this grant program, a small business is one with 250 or fewer employees.
--Training workers and employers about new OSHA standards.
--Training at-risk worker populations.
--Training workers and employers about high risk activities or hazards identified by OSHA through the Department of Labor’s Strategic Plan, as part of an OSHA special emphasis program or other OSHA priorities.
--Providing technical assistance to employers and workers.