Feature Articles
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June 09, 2016For 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 structure’s... read more
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June 09, 2016One year after a groundbreaking executive branch worker safety law went into effect in Massachusetts, MassCOSH and its advocates are hailing the law’s role in averting injury and death for the 36,000 Massachusetts executive branch... read more
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June 09, 2016Every day in Massachusetts, an army of immigrant women prepare to work in our factories, office buildings, and food processing facilities. Facing language barriers, poverty, and lack of resources, too many of these hard-working... read more
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June 09, 2016MassCOSH 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 don’t get accepted into... read more
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April 21, 2016Click here to view Ten Years of Dying at Work in Massachusetts. Click here to view ... read more
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March 23, 2016
Big News! One year after a groundbreaking executive branch worker safety law that everyone pushed so hard for went into effect in Massachusetts, we are proud to say the law is playing a major role in averting injury and death... read more
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February 12, 2016“I can’t afford to go to college.” “I need to work to support my family.” “My grades aren’t good enough.”
Those are all too common responses when MassCOSH’s Teens Lead @ Work peer leaders ask their fellow teens... read more
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February 12, 2016In 2012, Super Storm Sandy just narrowly missed Massachusetts, instead causing tragic deaths and damage in the billions of dollars in the metro New York region. In 2015, it was the Bay State’s turn, as it was walloped with a... read more
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February 12, 2016For Bill Rawlinson, learning from MassCOSH about environmental hazards that trigger asthma in students and staff is more than just a part of his job, it’s also a personal matter.
“Learning about different asthma triggers was... read more