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Dying for Work 2026 is MassCOSH and the Massachusetts AFL-CIO’s annual Workers’ Memorial Day report documenting 59 work-related injury deaths in Massachusetts in 2025—a 22.9% increase from 2024—and connecting those losses to weakened federal enforcement, climate-driven hazards, immigration retaliation, and specific policy fixes. The 76-page booklet is both a memorial record and an advocacy roadmap spanning construction accountability, transportation safety, maritime labor abuse, heat standards, and 2026 State House priorities.

According to media reports, the 34-year-old construction worker was working on the rooftop of a five-story building in Salem on Friday, August 8, around 12:11pm, when he tragically fell to his death.

Much like the rest of the country, with the gutting of federal programs critical to occupational safety and health, Massachusetts faces a perilous road ahead for workers.

On January 14 th , 72-year-old Samuel Mooskian from Saugus was working at the Everett Home Depot, when he tragically fell and injured himself. Unfortunately, four days later he died from head injuries pertaining to this fall.

The Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) has advocated for safe, healthy workplaces for almost 50 years.

Today, the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety Health (MassCOSH) and Boston College Law School Civil Rights Clinic released their first-of-its-kind report: “Equal Treatment for Equal Work: The Need to Enhance Protections for Temporary Workers in Massachusetts.” The report memorializes a yearlong st...

Several dozen students from Boston Public Schools rallied on City Hall Plaza Tuesday to make their needs heard by Mayor Michelle Wu.

As part of Greater Boston’s observation of the 35th annual International Workers’ Memorial Day, we gathered on Friday, April 26, at the steps of the Massachusetts State House to distribute this year's Dying for Work report and honor and remember the 62 workers who lost their lives on the job in Massachusetts in 2023...

On March 26, 2022, Peter Monsini, 51, was operating a piece of heavy machinery for JDC Demolition Company, Inc. at the Government Center parking garage in Boston, when the floor underneath his machine buckled and he fell nine stories to his death.

The contractor involved in the tragic incident that killed a Billerica cop is being slammed by a leading job safety group for its past OSHA violations and for continuing to ignore and blatantly disregard worker safety. Sgt.

According to media reports, 49-year-old Sergeant Ian Taylor of the Billerica Police Department was helping move a trailer-tractor at a road construction site on Friday, April 26, around 2pm, when he was struck by an excavator that was backing up.

BOSTON On March 26, 2022, Peter Monsini, 51, was operating a piece of heavy machinery for JDC Demolition Company, Inc. at the Government Center parking garage, when the floor underneath his machine buckled and he fell nine stories.

We spoke with MassCOSH about this year's May Day March in commemoration of International Workers' Day!

We spoke with members of the community who are promoting a May Day action in recognition of International Workers' Day

Today, we're talking about this year's May Day March!