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National COSH Reveals Dirty Dozen 2026: The Companies Putting Workers Most at Risk

April 23, 2026

New report released during Workers’ Memorial Week highlighting preventable workplace hazards and calls for urgent accountability.

National COSH Names 2025 'Dirty Dozen' Unsafe Employers

National Council for Occupational Safety and Health releases annual report on employers who they say have failed workers

April 25, 2025

Annual report reveals heat deaths, child labor, and retaliation continue to plague workplaces as workers demand justice during Workers’ Memorial Week 2025.

2024's "Dirty Dozen” unsafe employers revealed

Uber, Lyft, SpaceX, Walmart, Waffle House, Tyson among companies singled out for poor safety practices

April 29, 2024

The National COSH announced the 2024 “Dirty Dozen” list of employers who put workers and communities at risk due to unsafe practices.

The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) Dirty Dozen list

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National COSH reveals 'Dirty Dozen' employers for 2023

Benita Mehta

May 23, 2023

National COSH reveals Amazon, Tesla, FedEx and Class I Railroads are among those cited as the most dangerous companies to work.

OSHA Injury / Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting 29 CFR 1904

National COSH reveals 'Dirty Dozen' unsafe employers for 2023

Amazon, Tesla, FedEx, Class I Railroads among those cited

April 27, 2023

Amazon, Tesla, FedEx, Class I Railroads are among those cited. Data also shows that injuries and fatalities are on the rise as minority workers suffer highest rates of on-the-job deaths.

National COSH rolls out this year’s Dirty Dozen

Maureen Paraventi

April 24, 2019

The world’s largest online seller of goods tops the “Dirty Dozen” list of unsafe employers released by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health’s (National COSH) today. The annual reveal is timed to coincide with Workers Memorial Week (April 22 – 29), which honors those who have been injured, suffered illnesses or lost their lives at work. Amazon as had six worker fatalities at its facilities since 2018;.

Amazon, Tesla named to most unsafe employers list

Case Farms in North Carolina had 74 OSHA violations per 1,000 employees

April 26, 2018

The top online retailer in the world is also tops at being an unsafe employer, according to the “Dirty Dozen” list released yesterday by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH).

Naming names: “The Dirty Dozen” IDs the worst safety violators

“You have a right to a safe workplace no matter who the president is”

April 26, 2017

A glass company that doesn’t allow employees to wear gloves. A fire disaster waiting to happen. A severe violator who had two workers drown in a trench.