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State Grant Participants

Listed are the states participating in the MSHA grants program with links to each state program Summary. Also program officials and contact persons are listed with phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

State Grants Participants Contact list
State Contact Information
NEW HAMPSHIRE

Mr. Joseph Doiron
Director
Office of Workforce Opportunity
NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs 
100 N. Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Telephone: (603) 271-0416
Email: Joseph.A.Doiron@livefree.nh.gov

NEW JERSEY

Krishna Jagannathan, Chief
PEOSH Consultation & Mine Safety Training Program 
New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Division of Public Safety and Occupational Safety and Health
1 John Fitch Plaza 
P.O. Box 953
Trenton, NJ 08625-0953
Phone: 609-633-2587
Email: krishna.jagannathan@dol.nj.gov 
Website: https://www.nj.gov/labor/safetyandhealth/consultations-trainings/mine-safety-training/

Additional Contact: John Dupnock
Mine Safety/Occupational Safety Consultant
Phone: 609-847-5188
Email: john.dupnock@dol.nj.gov

NEW MEXICO

Mr. Chris Hefner
New Mexico State Mine Inspector
NM Institute of Mining Technology
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, NM 87801
Office: 575-835-5458
Cell: 505-553-1532
Email: chris.hefner@nmt.edu
Website: http://bmi.state.nm.us/Index.htm

Additional Contact: Kimberly Royle
Office: 575-835-5460
Email: kimberly.royle@nmt.edu

NEW YORK

Amy Phillips, CSP
Director
New York Department of Labor
Division of Safety and Health
Building 12, Room 522, Albany NY 12240
Telephone: 518-457-9068
Email: amy.phillips@labor.ny.gov
Website: Website: https://dol.ny.gov/mine-safety-training-program

NORTH CAROLINA

Mr. Beau Thomas
Chief, Mine & Quarry Bureau
North Carolina Department of Labor
1101 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1101
Telephone:  919-707-7932
Cell: 919-740-8908
FAX:  919-707-7962
Email: beau.thomas@labor.nc.gov
https://www.labor.nc.gov/safety-and-health/mine-and-quarry

Additional Contact: Marcia Page 
Emails: marcia.page@labor.nc.gov

NORTH DAKOTA

Mr. Chuck Clairmont
Executive Director
North Dakota Safety Council
1710 Canary Ave, Ste A
Bismarck, ND 58501
Telephone: (701) 223-6372
Email: cclairmont@ndsc.org

Additional Contact: Robin Richter
Email: robinr@ndsc.org 
Website: North Dakota Safety Council - MSHA Courses
 

OHIO

Benny Mccament
Chief
ODNR, Division of Mineral Resources Management
2045 Morse Road, Building H-2
Columbus, OH 43229-6693
Office: 740-274-4947
Cell: 614-935-0789
E-mail: Benny.Mccament@dnr.ohio.gov

Howard (Butch) Dyer
Mine Safety Manager
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Division of Mineral Resources Management
43024 Industrial Park Rd.
Cadiz, OH 43907
Office: (740) 942-9150
Cell: (740) 412-1226
Email:  Howard.Dyer@dnr.ohio.gov
Website:  www.Ohiodnr.gov

OKLAHOMA

Michael Reed
Director of OMTI
Eastern Oklahoma State College
Oklahoma Miner Training Institute
1301 West Main
Wilburton, OK 74578
Telephone:  918-465-1799
Email:  mreed2@eosc.edu  

Additional Contacts: 
Suzen Rodesney, Director
Oklahoma Department of Mines
Office: 405-522-9847
Email:  Suzen.rodesney@mines.ok.gov  

Benita Jose-Mathew
Chief Financial Officer
Oklahoma Department of Mines
2915 N. Classen Blvd., Suite 213
Oklahoma City, OK  73106
Office:  405-522-9846
Email: Benita.JoseMathew@mines.ok.gov

Chassey Kirk 
Email: ckirk@eosc.edu 

OREGON

Trent Hahn CMSP

Mine Safety Director

Eastern Oregon University

One University Blvd.

La Grande Oregon 97850

Telephone: 208-753-6961

Email: tohahn@eou.edu

PENNSYLVANIA

Mr. Dustin Mowery
Emergency Response and Training Manager
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Mine Safety
131 Broadview Road
New Stanton, PA  15672
Telephone: (724) 404-3146
Cell: (724) 541-2563
Email: dumowery@pa.gov
Website: https://www.dep.pa.gov/Business/Land/Mining/BureauofMineSafety/Pages/default.aspx

Additional Contact: Mr. Richard A. Wagner
Email: Rwagner@pa.gov