Posted with permission from Confined Space, a newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues.
Today the full Senate Appropriations Committee reported out the FY 2018 Labor-HHS Funding Bill. The bill maintains OSHA, MSHA and NIOSH funding at the FY 2017 levels. That means that there are no cuts from the agencies’ current (FY 2017) budgets. And the most surprising news is that the bill also includes $10.5 million for the Susan Harwood Training Grants. No details yet on specific line items, e.g. how much for enforcement, compliance assistance, etc.