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. Between the decimation of NIOSH (which funds almost 75% of the Occupational Health Surveillance Program at MA DPH), the weakening of the National…
The Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) has advocated for safe, healthy workplaces for almost 50 years. This session, we are prioritizing policies and legislation that promote fair wages, ensure safety and dignity for all workers, and address critical issues affecting temporary, re-entry, and cannabis industry workers. Our…
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 study (consisting of surveys and interviews) of temporary…
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. Following Peter’s death, OSHA conducted an inspection of JDC Demolition Company, Inc., citing them…
Fatal injury and illness continue to impact Massachusetts workers
The Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) and the Massachusetts AFL-CIO collaborated to produce the 2022 Dying for Work: Loss of Life and Limb in Massachusetts Workplaces report (Click here to download from MediaFire https://www.mediafire.com/file/iobcafmq1efnhth/DFW_Apr22.pdf/file). The Massachusetts AFL-CIO is the umbrella organization for more than 750 local…
MassCOSH’s 2021 Annual Report is hosted on MediaFire. Please click this link to view: https://www.mediafire.com/file/6mh1wsodfxw61dj/AnnualReport_2021_HD.pdf/file
New Report Documents Loss of Workers Lives on the Job in 2019 and 2020 Links for the first time working outside the home to a dramatic risk of death due to COVID-19 On December 10, 2019, Vidal Bravo Cifuentes, a 34-year-old day laborer, was killed during a tree removal operation at a house in Wakefield. Undertrained by his employer on how…
Not in living memory have public school teachers faced such dangerous conditions on the job. Decades of neglect have left many school buildings in disrepair, making the COVID-19 pandemic especially concerning for school staff who are being asked to resume in-person learning. MassCOSH staff and members of our Health Technical…
El 30 de septiembre, MassCOSH publicó un informe especial en Español que documenta la pérdida de vidas que se estaba produciendo en los lugares de trabajo de todo Massachusetts debido a la pandemia. Muriendo en el Lugar de Trabajo: Documentando el Peaje Mortal de la Pandemia en los Trabajadores de…
September 10, 2020Today, MassCOSH released a special report documenting the loss of life taking place at worksites across Massachusetts due to the pandemic. Titled Dying for Work: Documenting the Pandemic’s Deadly Toll on Massachusetts Workers, the report details how many working-age Mass. residents have died of COVID-19 and lists workers…
We are very pleased to release MassCOSH's first-ever Annual Report. This 2019 recap highlights our finances, who we are, and what key accomplishes we won in the fight to further good, safe jobs for all. This critical document will be used all of 2020 to inspire others to join MassCOSH,…