US Labor Department awards $10.5M in workplace safety and health training
grants to 80 nonprofit organizations to help high-risk workers, employers

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has awarded $10.5 million in one-year federal safety and health training grants to 80 nonprofit organizations across the nation for education and training programs to help high-risk workers and their employers recognize serious workplace hazards, implement injury prevention measures and understand their rights and responsibilities.

The department's Susan Harwood Training Grant Program funds grants to nonprofit organizations, including community/faith-based groups, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations, colleges and universities. Target trainees include small-business employers and underserved vulnerable workers in high-hazard industries.

SOURCE: https://www.osha.gov/newsrelease/nat-20150902.html

GLOSSARY:

US - Estados Unidos

awards - conceder

health - saúde

grants - subvenções

nonprofit - sem fins lucrativos

high-risk - alto risco

employers - empregadores

across - através

recognize - reconhecer

measures - medidas

faith - fé

joint - articulação

target - alvo

business - negócio

underserved - carentes