# Assessing and Preparing for Disasters

> **NIH NIH U45** · STEELWORKER CHARITABLE/EDUCATIONAL ORG · 2022 · $442,025

## Abstract

Program Summary/Abstract (HDPTP)
The Steelworkers Charitable and Educational Organization (SCEO), the non-profit (501c3) arm of the United
Steelworkers (USW), is applying for HWWTP and HDPTP funds to support a vibrant training partnership
linking two of the largest U.S.-based industrial unions with rapidly expanding immigrant worker centers and
Tribal communities. The SCEO’s training entity, the Tony Mazzocchi Center (TMC), brings together the
USW, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the Labor Institute (LI), the National Day Labor
Organizing Network (NDLON), Make the Road New York (MRNY) and the Umatilla, Cayuse, Walla Walla,
Yakama, and Nez Perce Tribes.
The HDPTP program will expand our multi-lingual team of Specialized Emergency Response Trainers
(SERTs) from 9 to 15 members. SERTs are prepared to go anywhere at any time to provide pre- and post-
incident training for high-hazard workers and community responders. Also, we will develop 25 Disaster
Response Hubs at high-hazard sites, in worker centers and on Tribal lands to serve as locations for pre- and
post-incident training and related activities. SERTS will also serve on our Opioids working group to provide
training in response to this major health crisis. Our HDPTP program will offer 190 classes that will
provide 3,475 at-risk workers with 35,600 hours of training.
Target Populations: The TMC has access to over 6,000 workplaces and worker centers including the USW
(600,000 members), the CWA (600,000 members), NDLON (55 worker centers) and MRNY (23,000
members at 5 centers). TMC Tribal partners include Umatilla, Cayuse, and Walla Walla (3,000 members); the
Yakama (31,000); and the Nez Perce (18,800). Our training populations are employed in metal mining,
refining, milling and manufacturing; telecommunications; transportation; oil refining, pulp and paper mills
and manufacturing; chemical manufacturing and synthesis; nuclear energy; rubber and plastics;
pharmaceuticals; automobile parts; electrical, appliance and other manufacturing; cement; construction;
shipbuilding; health care, and education. Immigrant day-laborers and temporary workers are employed in
clean-up activities, especially during emergencies; construction; cleaning; home care; warehousing; and
distribution. Tribal workers engage in emergency services including fire, police, and medical services as well as
in the construction trades. Approximately 850,000 of these workers are potentially exposed to hazardous
substances covered by OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1910, EPA 40 CFR 311, and DOT 49 CFR 171-177.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10425347
- **Project number:** 5U45ES006175-33
- **Recipient organization:** STEELWORKER CHARITABLE/EDUCATIONAL ORG
- **Principal Investigator:** John Scardella
- **Activity code:** U45 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $442,025
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1992-09-01 → 2025-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10425347

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10425347, Assessing and Preparing for Disasters (5U45ES006175-33). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10425347. Licensed CC0.

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