National Council for Occupational Safety and Health

National Council for Occupational Safety and Health The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health promotes and advocates for health and safety. COSH organizations around the U.S.

are committed to promoting worker health and safety through training, education, and advocacy. Some of the activities that COSHes are involved in include:

- Training workers on a wide range of health and safety issues, such as safe handling of hazardous materials, prevention of repetitive strain injuries, construction safety, and many other topics. Some groups can provide training in Spanish or i

n other languages. To see more detail about some of the training programs that COSH groups offer, click here. To contact a group in your area, click here.

- Working with unions to integrate health and safety activism into organizing campaigns.

- Advocating for better enforcement of existing health and safety laws and fighting for new protections for workers.

- Promoting a national agenda to improve immigrant worker safety and health

- Advocating for just compensation for injured workers.

Twenty five years after September 11, we remember the workers whose lives were taken that day, including those whose nam...
09/11/2026

Twenty five years after September 11, we remember the workers whose lives were taken that day, including those whose names appear at the 9/11 Memorial and undocumented workers whose deaths may never have been officially recorded.
We also honor the responders, day laborers, construction workers, cleaners, building workers, volunteers, and community members who were exposed to toxic dust during the rescue, recovery, and cleanup. Many continue to live with serious illnesses connected to that exposure.
The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, NYCOSH, has played a vital role in reaching workers too often overlooked. NYCOSH provided bilingual safety information, advocated for medical monitoring and workers’ compensation, and continues helping responders and survivors access the World Trade Center Health Program.
The health consequences of September 11 did not end in 2001. Every worker deserves to be remembered, protected, and cared for, regardless of immigration status.
Learn more about our movement for safe and healthy workplaces at nationalcosh.org


A veinticinco años del 11 de septiembre, recordamos a las personas trabajadoras que perdieron la vida ese día, incluyendo aquellas cuyos nombres aparecen en el Memorial del 11 de Septiembre y las personas trabajadoras indocumentadas cuyas muertes quizás nunca fueron registradas oficialmente.
También honramos a rescatistas, jornaleros, trabajadores de la construcción, personal de limpieza, trabajadores de edificios, voluntarios y miembros de la comunidad que estuvieron expuestos al polvo tóxico durante las labores de rescate, recuperación y limpieza. Muchas de estas personas continúan enfrentando enfermedades graves relacionadas con esa exposición.
El Comité de Nueva York para la Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional, NYCOSH, ha desempeñado un papel vital para llegar a trabajadores que con demasiada frecuencia son ignorados. NYCOSH distribuyó información bilingüe sobre seguridad, abogó por el monitoreo médico y la compensación laboral, y continúa ayudando a rescatistas y sobrevivientes a acceder al Programa de Salud del World Trade Center.
Las consecuencias del 11 de septiembre para la

Six agricultural workers (including a father and his two sons, one only 17 years old) lost their lives after being expos...
09/09/2026

Six agricultural workers (including a father and his two sons, one only 17 years old) lost their lives after being exposed to toxic hydrogen sulfide gas in a confined space at a Colorado dairy farm.
Their deaths were devastating, and preventable.
This powerful episode of Latino USA examines the unsafe conditions, abuse and fear agricultural workers face every day. It also asks an urgent question: Who should be held accountable when workers are injured or killed on the job?
Every agricultural worker deserves dignity, strong workplace protections and the right to return home safely.
Listen to “To Live and Die as a Colorado Farmworker,” reported and produced by Rebeca Ibarra:

On August 20th 2025, six workers died from toxic gas exposure at a dairy farm called Prospect Valley Dairy in...

When workers know their rights, they are better prepared to protect themselves and organize for safer workplaces. 🔥On Au...
09/09/2026

When workers know their rights, they are better prepared to protect themselves and organize for safer workplaces. 🔥
On August 27, the Mississippi Workers’ Center for Human Rights conducted a Workers Circle Heat Training using materials from National COSH’s Fired Up! Workers for Heat Justice organizing toolkit.
Worker Circle members learned how to recognize workplace heat hazards, prevent heat-related illness, understand their rights, and build collective power to demand safe and cool working conditions.
Thank you to the Mississippi Workers’ Center for Human Rights for strengthening worker knowledge and leadership!
Explore National COSH’s worker health and safety resources: nationalcosh.org

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Cuando las personas trabajadoras conocen sus derechos, están mejor preparadas para protegerse y organizarse por lugares de trabajo más seguros. 🔥
El 27 de agosto, el Mississippi Workers’ Center for Human Rights realizó una capacitación sobre el calor para integrantes de su Círculo de Trabajadores, utilizando materiales del kit de organización ¡En Acción! Trabajadores por la Justicia ante el Calor de COSH Nacional.
Las personas participantes aprendieron a identificar los peligros del calor laboral, prevenir enfermedades relacionadas con el calor, conocer sus derechos y fortalecer su poder colectivo para exigir condiciones laborales seguras y frescas.
¡Gracias al Mississippi Workers’ Center for Human Rights por fortalecer el conocimiento y liderazgo de las personas trabajadoras!
Explore los recursos de salud y seguridad laboral de COSH Nacional: nationalcosh.org

Extreme heat is a preventable workplace hazard, but workers across the country still lack a federal standard protecting ...
09/08/2026

Extreme heat is a preventable workplace hazard, but workers across the country still lack a federal standard protecting them on the job.

A new Labor Notes article highlights the growing threat to OSHA’s proposed heat standard and features Jessica E. Martinez, Executive Director of National COSH:
“Workers know what keeps people safe: access to water, rest, and shade; effective training and emergency plans; protection from retaliation; and strong standards that employers are required to follow.”

Workers should never be forced to choose between their health and their paycheck. Congress must protect (not block) OSHA’s ability to establish and enforce strong, nationwide heat protections.

Read the article: https://labornotes.org/2026/08/will-republicans-congress-torch-oshas-heat-standard
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El calor extremo es un peligro laboral prevenible, pero las personas trabajadoras en todo el país todavía no cuentan con una norma federal que las proteja.
Un nuevo artículo de Labor Notes destaca la creciente amenaza contra la norma de OSHA sobre el calor y cita a Jessica E. Martinez, directora ejecutiva de COSH Nacional:
“Las personas trabajadoras saben qué medidas protegen a la gente: acceso a agua, descanso y sombra; capacitación y planes de emergencia eficaces; protección contra represalias; y normas firmes que los empleadores estén obligados a cumplir”.
Nadie debería verse obligado a elegir entre su salud y su salario. El Congreso debe proteger, no impedir, la capacidad de OSHA para establecer y hacer cumplir protecciones firmes contra el calor en todo el país.
Lea el artículo: https://labornotes.org/2026/08/will-republicans-congress-torch-oshas-heat-standard
📝 Nota: El artículo completo está disponible únicamente en inglés.

Our hearts are full of gratitude. 💛Thank you to everyone who joined us for Defending Safety for All in Dangerous Times. ...
09/04/2026

Our hearts are full of gratitude. 💛
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Defending Safety for All in Dangerous Times. Your generosity, energy, and outpouring of support for our incredible speakers made the evening truly special.
Together, we have reached 95% of our $35,000 fundraising goal. We are now only $1,800 away!
Every contribution equips COSH leaders and workers across the country with the knowledge, tools, and skills to organize for true Safety for All on the job and in our communities.
As Martha Ojeda reminded us during the event:
“The darkness that we’re living in is an opportunity for us to think about things differently. We can build something that’s different. Much better. New.”
Thank you for celebrating our movement with us and helping build what comes next.
Help us finish strong by making a donation today:
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Nuestros corazones están llenos de gratitud. 💛
Gracias a todas las personas que nos acompañaron en Defendiendo la Seguridad para Todos en Tiempos Peligrosos. Su generosidad, energía y enorme apoyo a nuestros increíbles ponentes hicieron que la noche fuera verdaderamente especial.
Juntos hemos alcanzado el 95% de nuestra meta de recaudación de $35,000. ¡Solo nos faltan $1,800!
Cada contribución brinda a líderes COSH y personas trabajadoras de todo el país los conocimientos, las herramientas y las habilidades necesarias para organizarse por una verdadera Seguridad para Todos en el trabajo y en nuestras comunidades.
Como nos recordó Martha Ojeda durante el evento:
“La oscuridad que estamos viviendo es una oportunidad para pensar las cosas de una manera diferente. Podemos construir algo distinto. Mucho mejor. Nuevo.”
Gracias por celebrar nuestro movimiento y ayudarnos a construir lo que viene.
Ayúdanos a alcanzar nuestra meta haciendo una donación hoy:
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As we prepare to gather for Defending Safety for All in Dangerous Times, National COSH extends our heartfelt gratitude t...
09/02/2026

As we prepare to gather for Defending Safety for All in Dangerous Times, National COSH extends our heartfelt gratitude to the organizations and individuals sponsoring this special event.
Their generous support makes today’s gathering possible and fuels our ongoing work to organize, educate, and advocate alongside workers fighting for safe, healthy, and dignified workplaces.
Thank you to our sponsors and supporters:
✊ Solutions for Environmental and Worker Health Justice
✊ FarmSTAND
✊ National Nurses United
✊ Healthy Work Campaign / Center for Social Epidemiology
✊ United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
✊ Earthjustice
✊ Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood
✊ Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group
✊ Union of Concerned Scientists
✊ Labor Occupational Health Program at UC Berkeley
✊ Border Workers United
✊ United Steelworkers Local 675
✊ CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
✊ Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
✊ Debbie Berkowitz
✊ Mike Felsen and Tolle Graham
Thank you for investing in our movement and standing with workers across the country. Together, we are building true safety for all. Special thanks to Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program (UCLA-LOSH) and Motley Rice LLC for their support of this event.
📅 Today, Wednesday, September 2
⏰ 4 PM PT | 5 PM MT | 6 PM CT | 7 PM ET
💻 Virtual fundraising event
There’s still time to join us! Buy tickets, sponsor the event, or donate to Safety for All:
https://nationalcosh.org/news/events/defending-safety-all-in-dangerous-times
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Mientras nos preparamos para reunirnos en Defendiendo la Seguridad para Todos en Tiempos Peligrosos, COSH Nacional expresa su más profundo agradecimiento a las organizaciones y personas que patrocinan este evento especial.
Su generoso apoyo hace posible este encuentro e impulsa nuestro trabajo continuo para organizar, educar y abogar junto a las personas trabajadoras que luchan por lugares de trabajo seguros, saludables y dignos.
Gracias a nuestros patrocinadores y colaboradores:
✊ Solutions for Environmental and Worker Health Justice
✊ FarmSTAND
✊ National Nurses United
✊ Healthy Work Campaign / Center for Social Epidemiology
✊ United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
✊ Earthjustice
✊ Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood
✊ Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group
✊ Union of Concerned Scientists
✊ Labor Occupational Health Program at UC Berkeley
✊ Border Workers United
✊ United Steelworkers Local 675
✊ CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
✊ Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
✊ Debbie Berkowitz
✊ Mike Felsen y Tolle Graham
Gracias por invertir en nuestro movimiento y acompañar a las personas trabajadoras de todo el país. Juntos estamos construyendo una verdadera seguridad para todos. Un agradecimiento especial a Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program (UCLA-LOSH) y Motley Rice LLC por su apoyo a este evento.
📅 Hoy, miércoles 2 de septiembre
⏰ 4 PM PT | 5 PM MT | 6 PM CT | 7 PM ET
💻 Evento virtual de recaudación de fondos
¡Aún estás a tiempo de acompañarnos! Compra boletos, patrocina el evento o dona a Seguridad para Todos:
https://nationalcosh.org/es/noticias/eventos/defendiendo-la-seguridad-para-todos-en-tiempos-peligrosos

Join us today for a live musical performance by Jordan Michael Bridges! 🎶✊🏿Jordan is an artist, advocate, and Organizing...
09/02/2026

Join us today for a live musical performance by Jordan Michael Bridges! 🎶✊🏿

Jordan is an artist, advocate, and Organizing Director at the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice, the newest affiliate to join the National COSH network.

Through art and organizing, Jordan represents the love, passion, creativity, and power at the heart of our movement. We are honored to welcome Jordan to Defending Safety for All in Dangerous Times and to welcome NOWCRJ into our growing COSH family.

Don’t miss this special evening of music, community, and powerful reflections from workers and movement leaders fighting for safe and healthy workplaces.

📅 TODAY, Wednesday, September 2
⏰ 4 PM PT | 5 PM MT | 6 PM CT | 7 PM ET
💻 Virtual fundraising event

Buy tickets, sponsor the event, or donate to Safety for All:
https://nationalcosh.org/news/events/defending-safety-all-in-dangerous-times
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¡Acompáñanos esta tarde para disfrutar de una actuación musical en vivo de Jordan Michael Bridges! 🎶✊🏿

Jordan es artista, activista y director de organización del New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice, la organización afiliada más reciente en unirse a la red de COSH Nacional.

A través del arte y la organización, Jordan representa el amor, la pasión, la creatividad y el poder que impulsan nuestro movimiento. Es un honor darle la bienvenida a Defendiendo la Seguridad para Todos en Tiempos Peligrosos y recibir a NOWCRJ en nuestra creciente familia COSH.

No te pierdas esta velada especial de música, comunidad y poderosas reflexiones de personas trabajadoras y líderes que luchan por lugares de trabajo seguros y saludables.

📅 HOY, miércoles 2 de septiembre
⏰ 4 PM PT | 5 PM MT | 6 PM CT | 7 PM ET
💻 Evento virtual de recaudación de fondos

Compra boletos, patrocina el evento o dona a Seguridad para Todos:
https://nationalcosh.org/es/noticias/eventos/defendiendo-la-seguridad-para-todos-en-tiempos-peligrosos

Meet your host, Jora Trang! ✊🏾Tomorrow, Jora will guide us through Defending Safety for All in Dangerous Times, National...
09/01/2026

Meet your host, Jora Trang! ✊🏾

Tomorrow, Jora will guide us through Defending Safety for All in Dangerous Times, National COSH’s virtual evening of solidarity, inspiration, music, and collective commitment to true safety for all workers.

Jora is a visionary social changemaker, longtime COSH movement leader, and Co-Executive Director of Worksafe, a California COSH affiliate. Her leadership has helped strengthen worker health and safety laws across California and advance effective legal remedies for workers.

We are honored to have Jora lead this special gathering of workers, organizers, advocates, and allies from across the country.

📅 Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 2
⏰ 4 PM PT | 5 PM MT | 6 PM CT | 7 PM ET
💻 Virtual fundraising event

Buy tickets, sponsor the event, or donate to Safety for All:
https://nationalcosh.org/news/events/defending-safety-all-in-dangerous-times

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¡Conoce a nuestra anfitriona, Jora Trang! ✊🏾

Mañana, Jora nos guiará durante Defendiendo la Seguridad para Todos en Tiempos Peligrosos, el evento virtual de COSH Nacional lleno de solidaridad, inspiración, música y compromiso colectivo con la verdadera seguridad para todas las personas trabajadoras.

Jora es una visionaria impulsora del cambio social, líder veterana del movimiento COSH y codirectora ejecutiva de Worksafe, organización afiliada a California COSH. Su liderazgo ha contribuido a fortalecer las leyes de salud y seguridad laboral en California y a promover recursos legales efectivos para las personas trabajadoras.

Es un honor contar con Jora como anfitriona de este encuentro especial con personas trabajadoras, organizadoras, defensoras y aliadas de todo el país.
📅 Mañana, miércoles 2 de septiembre
⏰ 4 PM PT | 5 PM MT | 6 PM CT | 7 PM ET
💻 Evento virtual de recaudación de fondos

Compra boletos, patrocina el evento o dona a Seguridad para Todos:
https://nationalcosh.org/es/noticias/eventos/defendiendo-la-seguridad-para-todos-en-tiempos-peligrosos

Meet our panelist, Martha Ojeda! ✊🏾Martha is Executive Director of Fe y Justicia Worker Center in Houston and an influen...
09/01/2026

Meet our panelist, Martha Ojeda! ✊🏾
Martha is Executive Director of Fe y Justicia Worker Center in Houston and an influential movement leader in the United States and Mexico.
For decades, she has organized alongside immigrant workers and communities to develop leadership, challenge unsafe working conditions, and strengthen worker protections. As co-author of NAFTA from Below, Martha brings deep experience connecting worker organizing with the broader fight for health, safety, and justice.
Join us this Wednesday to hear from Martha and other visionary leaders working to ensure every worker can thrive.
📅 Wednesday, September 2
⏰ 4 PM PDT | 5 PM MDT | 6 PM CDT | 7 PM EDT
💻 Virtual event
Buy tickets, sponsor the event, or donate to Safety for All:
https://nationalcosh.org/news/events/defending-safety-all-in-dangerous-times
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¡Conoce a nuestra panelista Martha Ojeda! ✊🏾

Martha es directora ejecutiva del Fe y Justicia Worker Center en Houston y una influyente líder del movimiento en Estados Unidos y México.

Durante décadas, se ha organizado junto a personas trabajadoras y comunidades inmigrantes para desarrollar liderazgo, desafiar condiciones laborales inseguras y fortalecer las protecciones de trabajadores. Como coautora de NAFTA from Below, Martha aporta una amplia experiencia conectando la organización laboral con la lucha por la salud, la seguridad y la justicia.

Acompáñanos este miércoles para escuchar a Martha y a otros líderes visionarios que trabajan para que cada persona trabajadora pueda prosperar.

📅 Miércoles 2 de septiembre
⏰ 4 PM PDT | 5 PM MDT | 6 PM CDT | 7 PM EDT
💻 Evento virtual

Compra boletos, patrocina el evento o dona a Seguridad para Todos:
https://nationalcosh.org/es/noticias/eventos/defendiendo-la-seguridad-para-todos-en-tiempos-peligrosos

Meet our panelist, Kimetra Lewis! ✊🏾For ten years, Kimetra has served as president of National Association of Letter Car...
08/31/2026

Meet our panelist, Kimetra Lewis! ✊🏾
For ten years, Kimetra has served as president of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 132 in Dallas, fighting for fair wages, strong contract protections, workplace equality, and safe working conditions.
Her commitment to worker safety is deeply personal. Branch 132 has endured the devastating loss of members to extreme heat on the job. Kimetra’s leadership is grounded in the belief that every letter carrier deserves respect, representation, and the opportunity to return home safely to their family.
Join us this Wednesday to hear from Kimetra about organizing for safety and dignity on the job.
📅 Wednesday, September 2
⏰ 4 PM PDT | 5 PM MDT | 6 PM CDT | 7 PM EDT
💻 Virtual event
Buy tickets, sponsor the event, or donate to Safety for All:
https://nationalcosh.org/news/events/defending-safety-all-in-dangerous-times
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¡Conoce a nuestra panelista Kimetra Lewis! ✊🏾
Durante diez años, Kimetra ha sido presidenta de la Sección 132 de la Asociación Nacional de Carteros en Dallas, luchando por salarios justos, protecciones contractuales sólidas, igualdad en el lugar de trabajo y condiciones laborales seguras.
Su compromiso con la seguridad laboral es profundamente personal. La Sección 132 ha sufrido la devastadora pérdida de miembros debido al calor extremo en el trabajo. El liderazgo de Kimetra se basa en la convicción de que cada cartero merece respeto, representación y la oportunidad de regresar a salvo con su familia.
Acompáñanos este miércoles para escuchar a Kimetra hablar sobre la organización por la seguridad y la dignidad en el trabajo.
📅 Miércoles 2 de septiembre
⏰ 4 PM PDT | 5 PM MDT | 6 PM CDT | 7 PM EDT
💻 Evento virtual
Compra boletos, patrocina el evento o dona a Seguridad para Todos:
https://nationalcosh.org/es/noticias/eventos/defendiendo-la-seguridad-para-todos-en-tiempos-peligrosos

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