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 seven ivy-league colleges without spending a lot of time in classrooms and the library. Fortunately…
Click here to read the report. Click here to read the media coverage. On September 4, 2015, Nicholas Dumont, 24, was working inside Myles Standish Industrial Park in Taunton on a section of the warehouse’s framing when a crane crashed into a steel beam, to which he was attached,…
Click here to view Ten Years of Dying at Work in Massachusetts. Click here to view Every Worker Lost at the Workplace (2006 – 2015). An interactive map showing 559 Massachusetts worker fatalities over the last decade shows that dangerous jobs have claimed workers’ lives in nearly every…
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 for almost 36,000 Massachusetts executive branch workers! Check out the…
“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 about their plans after high school. With almost 30% of Boston Public high school…
In 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 historic winter, causing over 210 roofs to collapse and the…
For 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 eye-opening,” said Rawlinson of Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers. “It will help…
Click here now to help make a difference in the 21st century labor movement! When 18-year-old MassCOSH Peer Leader Kenton Bennett got a second job this November with Primark, a new, fashionable clothing store priding itself on rock bottom prices, his very first day included a meeting about how…
Sylbert Stewart was working on metal plating when he fell into a vat of chemicals at the Belmont factory where he had worked for 14 years. The 56-year-old Lowell resident suffered second and third degree burns from his thighs to his feet, leaving him permanently scarred and in pain. Additionally,…
With powerful testimonies from workers and labor advocates, legislators were urged to close a loophole in the state’s safety laws that has resulted in hundreds of public employee injuries and deaths. Currently, Massachusetts private sector and executive branch workers are covered under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA),…
A new report released by the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety & Health (MassCOSH), environmental, labor, and community rights groups illustrates how sorting recyclable materials can be a high-risk occupation, with workers regularly exposed to used needles, dead animal carcasses, hazardous chemicals as well as a large amount of heavy…
When MassCOSH Teens Lead @ Work (TL@W) Peer Leader Dominic Tran and Alumnus Jessica Tavares sat down before the Joint Committee of Labor and Workforce to fight changes that would weaken the state’s Child Labor law, they were following a proud tradition of activism established ten years ago by some…