The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration yesterday announced $1 million in grant funds to eight organizations that provide education and training within the mining industry.
The former owner of the country’s largest asbestos abatement training school was sentenced to prison last week, after having fled the United States after her trial in November 2008. Albania Deleon, 41, formerly of Andover, Mass., was sentenced to 87 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that it has allocated $8,441,000 in health and safety training grants for fiscal year 2011.