Feature Articles
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November 30, 2016
As 14-year-old Daki Grant walked through Boston’s Community Academy of Science and Health school this past summer, documenting hazards that trigger asthma and other respiratory health problems, he suddenly realized that the work he... read more
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November 30, 2016
What do you do when you are one of the very few women on the job and your male coworkers won’t stop commenting on your body? What if you work nights cleaning offices, and your boss keeps making unwanted contact with you, who do you... read more
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October 27, 2016
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... read more
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October 25, 2016
The 2016-17 MassCOSH Legal and Medical Access Directory (click to view) is our annual effort to ensure that all workers have the tools and resources... read more
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October 24, 2016
On October 21, we lost Kelvin Mattocks and Robert Higgins to horrific circumstances. Click here to read MassCOSH’s official statement on the... read more
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June 09, 2016
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 structure’s... read more
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June 09, 2016
One 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, 2016
Every 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, 2016
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 don’t get accepted into... read more