Schools Pay Price of Broken Promises
Its not just Bostons sports teams that are famous. Within its city borders, Boston is home to many leading nonprofit institutions that are changing the world. However, breakthroughs in medical care and educational excellence comes with a very real cost.
Second Worker Suffers Gruesome Injuries at Troubled Seafood Processing Plant; Dies Days Later
Worker advocates are outraged over the death of 63-year-old William Couto of Acushnet, who died of injuries he sustained on January 2 while working at Sea Watch International, a New Bedford seafood processing plant.
DOL Putting Teen Workers In Danger
Today, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposal for public comment to roll back child labor protections in nursing homes.
Another Worker Lost on the Job
MassCOSH releases statements regarding workplace deaths as we are made aware of them. Sadly, this past Sunday, another worker lost their life on the job.
NEW REPORT: Dangerous Jobs Directly Linked to Opiate Epidemic in Massachusetts
Today, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) released a groundbreaking report confirming what labor advocates have been saying for years: dangerous jobs are playing a direct role in opiate addiction and overdoses in the state.
NEW REPORT: Dangerous Jobs Directly Linked to Opiate Epidemic in Massachusetts
The 21-page study titled Opioid-related Overdose Deaths in Massachusetts by Industry and Occupation, 2011-2015 found that there were a total of 5,580 opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts from 2011 through 2015.
Second Tree Worker Killed on the Job
According to Essex District Attorneys Office, Bova fell almost 50 feet while preparing to remove a branch. 38-year-old Athol native, Lewis P. Umbenhower III was killed on June 11 when he fell 30 feet out of a tree he was cutting.
#MeToo Moves to the Workplace
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, over 50% of women report having experienced sexual harassment in the workplace.
Stopping Harassment Before It Can Take Off
When Worker Center Director Milagros Barreto addressed the media at a press conference across from the State House on May 14, it was proof just how multifaceted the fight for good, safe jobs really is.
Rights Without Borders
MassCOSH is proud to announce Youth Coordinator Jenny Fernandezs leadership role in helping to launch the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) new Sexual Harassment Action Network (SHAN).
Farewell to Tolle Graham
It is with warm wishes that MassCOSH announces the retirement of Tolle Graham. For almost 32 years, Tolle shaped the health and safety movement in Massachusetts and beyond through her activism in the labor movement and COSH network.
A Hard Figure to Swallow
One year ago, after sifting through reams of data, MassCOSH reported that 70 workers lost their lives on the job in 2016: 61 as a result of fatal injuries and nine firefighters who died from work-related illness. However, the number of workers killed was much, much higher.
A Spring Legislative Action Alert: Information to Act on to Make our Communities a Better Place
Over the last year, MassCOSH has helped to pass legislation that provides protection to pregnant workers, increases the fines for corporate manslaughter, and extends OSHA protections to almost 430,000 public sector workers.
Worker Killed by Common Workplace Hazard
According to media reports, Lyon, 42, was working around a standard forklift being used to hoist and then lower a large 900-pound wheel. Lyon was working on the equipment when part of the object fell on him, causing catastrophic injuries.
Dangerous Jobs Killed 74 Workers in Massachusetts
NEW REPORT: Dangerous Jobs Killed 74 Workers in Massachusetts Workplace fatalities in Massachusetts reach 11-year high BOSTON On November 3, 2017, Antawani Wright-Davis, 19, was stuck by a dump truck and killed while working for the food delivery service DoorDash in Boston.
