Boston Globe OP ED City, state let contractor slip through cracks JOHN TLUMACKI/BOSTON GLOBE FILE PHOTO Two workers from Atlantic Drain died at this Dartmouth Street work site after the trench filled with water.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/27/2016 Contact: Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, MassCOSH Executive Director (c) (617)-642-1878 Jeff Newton, MassCOSH Communications Coordinator (O) (617) 825-7233 x14 Labor, community, and legal groups call for swift investigation, enforcement and reforms in response to trench fatalities BOSTON Labor...
Labor, legal and community leaders released a statement today calling for a state and federal investigation into the drowning deaths of Robert Higgins and Kelvin Mattocks, and prosecution of Atlantic Drain Services, to the full extent of the law, if the company is found to have violated federal safety requirements,...
had a long history of OSHA violations, the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health said in a statement. Two families and numerous coworkers and neighbors are mourning today. Emergency responders put their lives at risk.
By Beth Healy and Megan Woolhouse GLOBE STAFF SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 Luis Mayancela was 15 years old when he fell from the roof of a house in Portland, Maine, where he was helping fasten shingles. He tumbled two stories, severely breaking his leg. His employer did not call an ambulance.
Workers’ comp agency urged to speed handling of claims ByBeth HealyGLOBE STAFFSEPTEMBER 21, 2016 Two dozen immigrant workers and their advocates packed into a small downtown hearing room Wednesday to urge a state agency to speed the handling of workers’ compensation claims and press employers to meet their obligatio...
FOR RELEASE Wednesday, August 10, 2016 Contact: Claire L. Barnett, (m) 202-543-7555 REDUCING RISKS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN – IGNORED TOO LONG New National Report Documents Risks, Urges Federal-State Actions Back to School Toolkit Helps Reduce Environmental Risks Boston “Today the Coalition is releasi...
The 2015-16 MassCOSH Legal and Medical Access Attorney Directory is our latest effort to ensure that all workers have the tools and resources to fight against unjust and unsafe working conditions and obtain medical care.
MassCOSH Teens Lead @ Work (TL@W) peer leader Obinna Igbokwe, 17, is smart enough to realize that good air quality in school is essential to his well-being; after all, you dont get accepted into seven ivy-league colleges without spending a lot of time in classrooms and the library.
One year after a groundbreaking executive branch worker safety law went into effect in Massachusetts, MassCOSH and its advocates are hailing the laws role in averting injury and death for the 36,000 Massachusetts executive branch workers.
Every day in Massachusetts, an army of immigrant women prepare to work in our factories, office buildings, and food processing facilities.
For Don Dumont, April 28th has a powerful new meaning. Last summer, his 24-year-old son went off to work at a construction site in Taunton; he never made it back home. Working about 40 feet off the ground on part of a structures framing, Nick Dumont fell and died a short time later.
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April 28, 2016 marks the 28th observance of Workers Memorial Day, when we remember workers who were killed, made ill, or injured on the job. We reflect on the tragedies of the past year and renew our commitment to fight for safe jobs.
Click here to view Ten Years of Dying at Work in Massachusetts . Click here to view Every Worker Lost at the Workplace (2006 2015).
