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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.

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Phoenix passes heat safety ordinance for city contractors

ISHN Staff

March 28, 2024

The ordinance comes after a record-breaking year of extreme heat and heat-related deaths in 2023.

Wildfire smoke shows need for urgent action on worker protections, says National COSH

June 8, 2023

The wildfire smoke spreading across the United States and Canada shows the need for urgent action to protect workers from the ongoing effects of climate change.

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.

National COSH: OSHA whistleblower complaints skyrocket during COVID-19

Illegal retaliation puts workers at risk, say safety advocates, as Inspector General warns of delays and calls for faster investigations

September 10, 2020

As complaints of retaliation against whistleblowers skyrocket during the COVID-19 pandemic, safety advocates say workers’ lives are at risk due to a slow and inadequate response from the OSHA.

January poultry industry deaths raise alarms

January 24, 2020

With 2020 barely underway, the poultry industry has already experienced two workplace fatalities, at facilities in two different states. The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) says those incidents, along with a government-approved increase in line speeds at poultry slaughterhouses, illustrate the need for safety reforms in the industry. The poultry industry maintains that employees are considerably safer now on the job than in the past, and points to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data to back up that claim.

After worker's heat stress death, family takes action

December 12, 2016

The family of a construction worker who died on the job last year was honored recently for becoming workplace safety activists in the wake of his death. At the National Conference on Worker Safety and Health (#COSHCON16) just outside Baltimore, Maryland, The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) recognized the sister and father of Roendy Granillo, who died from heat exhaustion during a heat wave in Dallas in July, 2015.

Likely Secretary of Labor nominee raising concerns

December 9, 2016

Worker safety advocates are challenging the likely next Secretary of Labor to address job safety issues during his Senate hearing. Immigrant reform advocates question whether he’ll defend the interests of American workers.