State Grant Participants

Lapse in Appropriations

For workplace safety and health, please call 800-321-6742; for mine safety and health, please call 800-746-1553; for Job Corps, please call 800-733-5627 and for Wage and Hour, please call 1-866-487-9243 (1 866-4-US-WAGE).  This website is currently not being updated due to the suspension of Federal government services. The last update to the site was 10/1/2025.  Updates to the site will start again when the Federal government resumes operations.

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
WEST VIRGINIA	Mr. Frank Foster Director Miners' Health, Safety & Training 7 Players Club Drive, Suite 2 Charleston, WV 25311-2126 Telephone: 304-558-1425 Email: Frank.G.Foster@wv.gov Additional Contact: Thomas McClure, Administrator of Finance & Personnel Email: Tom.L.McClure@wv.gov Office Phone: 304-352-4120 Cell: 304-553-1419 Josh Bell, Administrator Office Phone: 304-720-1121 Email: Joshua.B.Bell@wv.gov
WISCONSIN	Dr. Brad Gast Dean of Workforce Training + Professional Development + Apprenticeship Northcentral Technical College 1000 W. Campus Drive Wausau, WI 54401-1899 Telephone: 715-803-1665 Email: gast@ntc.edu Website: https://www.ntc.edu/academics-training/courses/mine-safety-msha Additional Contacts: Dr. Vicki Jeppesen Telephone: 715-803-1776 Email: jeppesen@ntc.edu Kerry Bloemers, Grants Manager Telephone: 715-803-1102 Email: bloemers@ntc.edu Sara Melk, Special Revenue Fund Controller Telephone: 715-803-1183 Email: melk@ntc.edu
WYOMING	Mr. James Stratton Director, Industry Safety Training Center Wyoming MSHA State Grant Program, Gillette College 300 West Sinclair Gillette, Wyoming 82718 Telephone: 307-681-6350 Email: jstratton@gillettecollege.org Cell: 307-689-4665 Website: https://gillettecollege.org/academics/mshatraining/