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We advocate for ALL workers’ rights to a safe and healthy workplace!

We work to ensure that OSHA programs provide adequate protection for immigrant workers.

We promote safe workplaces through training and education

We honor the lives of those who have suffered and died from workplace injuries and diseases.

We are a growing national network with over 15 local COSH groups.

Our policy agenda is focused on protecting workers on the job!

We bring together workers, activists, and professionals to advance the health and safety movement.

We are a national network that is committed to taking action!

Our Mission

The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health is dedicated to promoting safe and healthy working conditions for all working people through organizing and advocacy. Our belief that almost all work-related deaths and serious injuries and illnesses are preventable motivates us to encourage workers to take action to protect their safety and health, promote protection from retaliation under job safety laws, and provide quality information and training about hazards on the job and workers’ rights.

National COSH releases "2014 Preventable Deaths: The Tragedy of Workplace Fatalities"

For Workers' Memorial Week, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health has released its annual report on preventable deaths in the U.S. workplace. More than 50,000 U.S. workers die each year due to occupational injuries and illnesses, according to the report.

Editorial boards come out against USDA's proposed poultry rule

If local and regional newspapers had their say in it, the USDA would rethink its proposed poultry rule, which would drastically increase the inspection line speeds at poultry factories and would replace government inspectors with company-appointed ones. In the past couple of weeks, the folly of the proposed rule has been opined about in editorial pages in newspapers from the most affected regions.

In latest appropriations bill, Congress favors politics over safety in grain facilities

The hazards associated with grain bin storage and other “post-harvest” activities are well documented, and 2010 saw a record number of grain bin fatalities, with 26 workers perishing in these facilities.

Secret provision tucked into Farm Bill would grind rulemaking to a halt. Because science.

When the American Association for the Advancement of Science comes out against a proposal called the “Sound Science Act,” it’s time to pay attention. But, you see, the “Sound Science Act,” tucked ever so quietly in the must-pass, House-approved Farm Bill, would essentially bring all pending regulatory actions to a grinding halt – all in the name of science. In short, it would choke public protections through “paralysis by analysis.”

Press Release: Lessons Unlearned: Too Many Similarities Between West Virginia Chemical Spill and West, Texas, Disaster

Lessons Unlearned: Too Many Similarities Between West Virginia Chemical Spill and West, Texas, Disaster

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Nearly 5,000 workers die on the job in the U.S. every year, thousands more are injured, and tens of thousands will die from illnesses they contracted at work. Every American has the right to a safe and healthy workplace. On this site, you’ll find resources to help you understand your right to a safe and healthy job and provide guidance about where to turn if you think your workplace safety rights have been violated.