# The Historically Black Colleges/Universities and Communities Worker Health and Safety Training Program

> **NIH NIH U45** · DEEP SOUTH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, INC. · 2020 · $150,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
 The Dillard University Deep South Center for Environmental Justice hazardous Waste Worker Training
Center provides training to hazardous material and waster workers who may perform jobs covered by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response (HAZWOPER) standards and assist employers with complying with OSHA standard 29 CFR
1910.120. The Consortium’s goal is unique in that its emphasis is on underserved populations in both its
Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP) and its Environmental Careers Worker Training
Program (ECWTP).
 The proposed HWWTP component has been designed to provide model occupational safety and health
training for workers who are or may be engaged in activities related to hazardous waste removal, containment
or chemical response. The emphasis however, is on servicing workers of entities where health and safety
training is critical to the worker’s wellbeing and possibly the safety and health of the public, but due to
circumstances beyond the individual worker’s control, (s)he is unlikely to receive sufficient training at either
the quality or quantity needed to ensure safety and health. Such entities include emergency responders and city
workers in small municipalities and or cities where budgeting restraints or working conditions (such as no
release time), greatly reduces or eliminates the possibility of training. Volunteer fire departments and small
county police forces, city health department employees, port authority workers and mosquito control division
employees are examples of workers the Consortium has trained. Additionally, HBCUs with smaller budgets
have been shown to receive some of the highest fines for non-compliance with applicable regulations. Small
minority and disadvantaged businesses typically lack the capital to participate in high cost compliance training
programs. The Consortium has targeted these entities for the proposed HWWT program.
 The proposed ECWTP component has been designed to deliver comprehensive worker training to
increase the number of underrepresented and disadvantaged minority adults employed in the fields of
environmental restoration, hazardous materials and construction. The goals for this program are: (1) to serve
underrepresented and disadvantaged adults living near hazardous waste and or contaminated property at risk
of exposure to ambient hazards; and also (2) to provide additional pre-employment services that are inclusive
of basic skills (i.e. study skills, math, reading, life skills) to increase program retention and completion; and (3)
to successfully place trainers in jobs in the environmental restoration and construction fields. The added value
of this training is not just that it increases sustainable employment opportunities for residents of beleaguered
communities engulfed in situations of poverty and pollution, but that by investing in these particular
individuals promotes econom...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10223474
- **Project number:** 3U45ES010664-22S1
- **Recipient organization:** DEEP SOUTH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, INC.
- **Principal Investigator:** Robert D Bullard
- **Activity code:** U45 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $150,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2000-09-15 → 2021-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10223474

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10223474, The Historically Black Colleges/Universities and Communities Worker Health and Safety Training Program (3U45ES010664-22S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10223474. Licensed CC0.

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