Worker Safety Group Calls for Comprehensive Immigration Reform to Protect Immigrant Workers
National COSH Outlines Platform to Ensure That Immigrant Workers Can Safely Speak Up About Working Conditions
Today, on May Day, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) joins with workplace safety advocates across the country in calling for comprehensive immigration reform to improve health and safety for immigrant workers – and all workers alike.
National Report Highlights Worker Fatalities, Need for Stronger Workplace Safety Measures
To Commemorate Workers’ Memorial Day, Workplace Safety Group Pushes for Reforms for Temporary, Immigrant, Energy Workers, Among Others
More than 4,600 workers were killed on the job in 2011 – the latest year for which we have complete data – spanning many ages, industries, and causes of death, an analysis by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) has found.
West Texas Explosion Shows Folly, Danger of State’s ‘Business-Friendly’ Posture
Though Gov. Rick Perry Calls Explosion a ‘Nightmare,’ Anti-Regulatory Environment He Touts Is To Blame
The tragic explosion at West Fertilizer Company last week that has killed at least 14 people and injured an additional 140-plus shows the dangers of the anti-regulatory environment that thrives in Texas, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) said today.
Legislation to Protect America’s Workers Is Urgently Needed
National COSH Welcomes Reintroduction of Bill That Would Enable Regulators to Hold Accountable Negligent Employers
House Democrats’ reintroduction yesterday of the Protecting America’s Workers Act is a necessary and welcome step in ensuring that workers across the country are safe on the job, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) said today.
Enforcement of Sensible Safeguards Could Have Prevented Explosion, Deaths at West Fertilizer Plant
Company Downplayed Risks; Plant Has Not Been Inspected by OSHA in Decades
Note: This press release has been updated with information about the company's OSHA citations.
Sunday’s Explosion at Flour Mill Shows Need for Combustible Dust Safety Standard
Bartlett Milling Company Should Receive ‘Repeat’ and ‘Willful’ Violations in Wake of Explosion
RALEIGH, N.C. – An explosion over the weekend at Statesville, N.C.’s, Bartlett Milling Company is even more tragic because it appears to have been entirely preventable, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health said today.
Priority on Profits to Blame for Texas’ High On-the-Job Fatality Rate
Gov. Rick Perry Incorrectly Blames Nature of Energy Industry for Number of Texas Workers Killed at Work
Workers Can’t Afford to Wait for Silica Standard to Be Released From Bureaucratic Logjam
After Two Years of Delay at White House, Federal Standard Must Be Enacted
Washington, D.C. – In the two years that a proposed rule to protect workers from exposure to dangerous levels of silica dust on the job has been held up by the White House, more than 100 workers have died and thousands have been sickened by preventable exposure to silica dust, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health said today.
Labor Group Wins National Recognition for Efforts to Improve Workplace Health and Safety
Retailers Should Prevent Worker Injuries During Black Friday Shopping Craze
Employers Should Properly Train Employees, Have Safety Procedures In Place
Nov. 20, 2012 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – As retailers and holiday bargain shoppers gear up for Black Friday – which is getting earlier and earlier every year – employers must ensure that their employees are safe throughout the day and the holiday season.
Latest Oil Rig Disaster Should Be Wake-Up Call for Industry
Statement of Tom O’Connor, Executive Director, National Council for Occupational Safety and Health
One day after BP settled with the federal government for $4.5 billion after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. At this time, two workers have been killed, four are in the hospital and two are still missing.
National COSH’s Campaign Lets People Send a Valentine to President Obama In Support of a Silica Standard
