WNYCOSH
@wnycosh.bsky.social
Western NY Council on Occupational Safety and Health
Non-profit based in Buffalo, NY
Protecting workers from dangerous/hazardous conditions and helping to uphold their rights since 1979
Non-profit based in Buffalo, NY
Protecting workers from dangerous/hazardous conditions and helping to uphold their rights since 1979
Sneak peek of the Rodger Cook Awards, honoring the best this Friday at Working Lens opening night!
At El Museo on Allen 🖼️
At El Museo on Allen 🖼️
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sneak peek of the Rodger Cook Awards, honoring the best this Friday at Working Lens opening night!
At El Museo on Allen 🖼️
At El Museo on Allen 🖼️
Happy Veterans Day!! Thank you for all your service🇺🇸🦅
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Happy Veterans Day!! Thank you for all your service🇺🇸🦅
NOVIEMBRE ES EL MES DE PREPARACION PARA TRABAJADORES AL AIRE EN WNYCOSH:
Proteja a los trabajadores del estrés por frío y de peligros como el hielo y la nieve mediante una combinación de controles de ingenieria, prácticas de trabajo seguras y equipos de protección personal (EPP)
Proteja a los trabajadores del estrés por frío y de peligros como el hielo y la nieve mediante una combinación de controles de ingenieria, prácticas de trabajo seguras y equipos de protección personal (EPP)
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
NOVIEMBRE ES EL MES DE PREPARACION PARA TRABAJADORES AL AIRE EN WNYCOSH:
Proteja a los trabajadores del estrés por frío y de peligros como el hielo y la nieve mediante una combinación de controles de ingenieria, prácticas de trabajo seguras y equipos de protección personal (EPP)
Proteja a los trabajadores del estrés por frío y de peligros como el hielo y la nieve mediante una combinación de controles de ingenieria, prácticas de trabajo seguras y equipos de protección personal (EPP)
Our November online campaign:
November is OUTDOOR WORKERS WINTER PREPAREDNESS MONTH at WNYCOSH:
Protect workers from cold stress and hazards like ice and snow through a combination of engineering controls, safe work practices, and proper personal protective equipment (PPE).
November is OUTDOOR WORKERS WINTER PREPAREDNESS MONTH at WNYCOSH:
Protect workers from cold stress and hazards like ice and snow through a combination of engineering controls, safe work practices, and proper personal protective equipment (PPE).
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Our November online campaign:
November is OUTDOOR WORKERS WINTER PREPAREDNESS MONTH at WNYCOSH:
Protect workers from cold stress and hazards like ice and snow through a combination of engineering controls, safe work practices, and proper personal protective equipment (PPE).
November is OUTDOOR WORKERS WINTER PREPAREDNESS MONTH at WNYCOSH:
Protect workers from cold stress and hazards like ice and snow through a combination of engineering controls, safe work practices, and proper personal protective equipment (PPE).
Domestic Violence Awareness Month may be ending, but the critical work of supporting survivors must continue in our offices and workplaces year-round. Domestic violence is not just a personal issue; it is a profound workplace issue!
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Domestic Violence Awareness Month may be ending, but the critical work of supporting survivors must continue in our offices and workplaces year-round. Domestic violence is not just a personal issue; it is a profound workplace issue!
It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month! The importance of regular check-ups and early detection in improving treatment outcomes and survival rates. Early detection through mammograms, self-exams, and clinical screenings can significantly increase the chances of successful treatment and recovery.
October 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month! The importance of regular check-ups and early detection in improving treatment outcomes and survival rates. Early detection through mammograms, self-exams, and clinical screenings can significantly increase the chances of successful treatment and recovery.
Legal Advice Clinic, Thursday 09/25
Join us at Saint Stanislaus Church on Thursday, September 25th from 4:30-6:30
PM for FREE LEGAL ADVICE!
Open to all, no appointment necessary.
Location Details:
Saint Stan’s Church Social Hall
389 Peckham St Buffalo, NY 14206
(corner of Fillmore Ave & Peckham St)
Join us at Saint Stanislaus Church on Thursday, September 25th from 4:30-6:30
PM for FREE LEGAL ADVICE!
Open to all, no appointment necessary.
Location Details:
Saint Stan’s Church Social Hall
389 Peckham St Buffalo, NY 14206
(corner of Fillmore Ave & Peckham St)
September 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Legal Advice Clinic, Thursday 09/25
Join us at Saint Stanislaus Church on Thursday, September 25th from 4:30-6:30
PM for FREE LEGAL ADVICE!
Open to all, no appointment necessary.
Location Details:
Saint Stan’s Church Social Hall
389 Peckham St Buffalo, NY 14206
(corner of Fillmore Ave & Peckham St)
Join us at Saint Stanislaus Church on Thursday, September 25th from 4:30-6:30
PM for FREE LEGAL ADVICE!
Open to all, no appointment necessary.
Location Details:
Saint Stan’s Church Social Hall
389 Peckham St Buffalo, NY 14206
(corner of Fillmore Ave & Peckham St)
When safety training isn’t available in your language, it puts everyone at risk. Workers who use sign language often face communication barriers on the job, especially in fast, moving, or hazardous environments.
Everyone deserves a safe place to work, and to be heard.
#SignLanguageDay #WorkersRights
Everyone deserves a safe place to work, and to be heard.
#SignLanguageDay #WorkersRights
September 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
When safety training isn’t available in your language, it puts everyone at risk. Workers who use sign language often face communication barriers on the job, especially in fast, moving, or hazardous environments.
Everyone deserves a safe place to work, and to be heard.
#SignLanguageDay #WorkersRights
Everyone deserves a safe place to work, and to be heard.
#SignLanguageDay #WorkersRights
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🍂 Fall Into Action! 🍁
Our team is hitting the road this season to connect with YOU! Check out our outreach schedule and catch us at a location near you — we can’t wait to see your smiling faces. 😄
Scroll to see BOTH outreach schedules for this week, there’s a LOT going on in WNY!
Our team is hitting the road this season to connect with YOU! Check out our outreach schedule and catch us at a location near you — we can’t wait to see your smiling faces. 😄
Scroll to see BOTH outreach schedules for this week, there’s a LOT going on in WNY!
September 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🍂 Fall Into Action! 🍁
Our team is hitting the road this season to connect with YOU! Check out our outreach schedule and catch us at a location near you — we can’t wait to see your smiling faces. 😄
Scroll to see BOTH outreach schedules for this week, there’s a LOT going on in WNY!
Our team is hitting the road this season to connect with YOU! Check out our outreach schedule and catch us at a location near you — we can’t wait to see your smiling faces. 😄
Scroll to see BOTH outreach schedules for this week, there’s a LOT going on in WNY!
This National Hispanic Heritage Month, we celebrate the incredible contributions of Hispanic and Latino team members who help build a stronger, safer workplace every day.
Safety and health are values we all share. By working together, we create an environment where todos prosperamos.
Safety and health are values we all share. By working together, we create an environment where todos prosperamos.
September 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This National Hispanic Heritage Month, we celebrate the incredible contributions of Hispanic and Latino team members who help build a stronger, safer workplace every day.
Safety and health are values we all share. By working together, we create an environment where todos prosperamos.
Safety and health are values we all share. By working together, we create an environment where todos prosperamos.
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Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/c...
Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/c...
Join us this Thursday for our FREE Legal Advice Clinic.
The clinic is held on the West Side at Our Lady of Hope, on the corner of Lafayette and Grant from 4:30pm to 6:30pm.
The clinic is held on the West Side at Our Lady of Hope, on the corner of Lafayette and Grant from 4:30pm to 6:30pm.
September 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Join us this Thursday for our FREE Legal Advice Clinic.
The clinic is held on the West Side at Our Lady of Hope, on the corner of Lafayette and Grant from 4:30pm to 6:30pm.
The clinic is held on the West Side at Our Lady of Hope, on the corner of Lafayette and Grant from 4:30pm to 6:30pm.
Join us for the 2025 Opening of WNYCOSH’s
WORKING LENS
a Photo Exhibition by Union Workers
November 14th
6:00pm-9:00pm
El Museo
91 Allen Street Buffalo, NY 14202
WORKING LENS
a Photo Exhibition by Union Workers
November 14th
6:00pm-9:00pm
El Museo
91 Allen Street Buffalo, NY 14202
September 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Join us for the 2025 Opening of WNYCOSH’s
WORKING LENS
a Photo Exhibition by Union Workers
November 14th
6:00pm-9:00pm
El Museo
91 Allen Street Buffalo, NY 14202
WORKING LENS
a Photo Exhibition by Union Workers
November 14th
6:00pm-9:00pm
El Museo
91 Allen Street Buffalo, NY 14202
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In addition to being regularly available across WNY for resources and questions, we'll also be at 2 really exiting events this week - Buffalo Stand Down for Veterans & Project Homeless Connect Buffalo. Head to nls.org/events for details!
#JusticeBus #VeteransServices #Resources #HomelessConnect
#JusticeBus #VeteransServices #Resources #HomelessConnect
September 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In addition to being regularly available across WNY for resources and questions, we'll also be at 2 really exiting events this week - Buffalo Stand Down for Veterans & Project Homeless Connect Buffalo. Head to nls.org/events for details!
#JusticeBus #VeteransServices #Resources #HomelessConnect
#JusticeBus #VeteransServices #Resources #HomelessConnect
Know Your Rights: Temp Workers Edition
📌 Temporary workers have the right to:
✅ Be free from discrimination — from both the employment agency and the host employer.
✅ Receive the same safety training as permanent employees doing similar work.
✅ Be paid at least the minimum wage — no exceptions.
📌 Temporary workers have the right to:
✅ Be free from discrimination — from both the employment agency and the host employer.
✅ Receive the same safety training as permanent employees doing similar work.
✅ Be paid at least the minimum wage — no exceptions.
September 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Know Your Rights: Temp Workers Edition
📌 Temporary workers have the right to:
✅ Be free from discrimination — from both the employment agency and the host employer.
✅ Receive the same safety training as permanent employees doing similar work.
✅ Be paid at least the minimum wage — no exceptions.
📌 Temporary workers have the right to:
✅ Be free from discrimination — from both the employment agency and the host employer.
✅ Receive the same safety training as permanent employees doing similar work.
✅ Be paid at least the minimum wage — no exceptions.
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🚨 “Phantom Hacker” Scam Alert!
Protect Yourself:
❌Don’t click unknown links
❌Don’t give remote access
❌Call your bank directly
✅Report: 1-800-771-7755
Full story: ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Protect Yourself:
❌Don’t click unknown links
❌Don’t give remote access
❌Call your bank directly
✅Report: 1-800-771-7755
Full story: ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
September 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🚨 “Phantom Hacker” Scam Alert!
Protect Yourself:
❌Don’t click unknown links
❌Don’t give remote access
❌Call your bank directly
✅Report: 1-800-771-7755
Full story: ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Protect Yourself:
❌Don’t click unknown links
❌Don’t give remote access
❌Call your bank directly
✅Report: 1-800-771-7755
Full story: ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Let’s break the silence! Construction workers face higher rates of suicide than many other professions, but together, we can make a change. Construction Suicide Prevention Week (Sept 8-12) is here to shine a light on mental health struggles and encourage open conversations.
September 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Let’s break the silence! Construction workers face higher rates of suicide than many other professions, but together, we can make a change. Construction Suicide Prevention Week (Sept 8-12) is here to shine a light on mental health struggles and encourage open conversations.
Halfway there! Our FREE 2025 WNYCOSH Working Lens photo class is halfway through! Join us Nov 14th at El Museo Gallery in downtown Buffalo to celebrate union workers’ and community members’ artistic talents. You’re invited!
FREE ADMISSION!!
Support local labor movement, art and creativity.
FREE ADMISSION!!
Support local labor movement, art and creativity.
September 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Halfway there! Our FREE 2025 WNYCOSH Working Lens photo class is halfway through! Join us Nov 14th at El Museo Gallery in downtown Buffalo to celebrate union workers’ and community members’ artistic talents. You’re invited!
FREE ADMISSION!!
Support local labor movement, art and creativity.
FREE ADMISSION!!
Support local labor movement, art and creativity.
On September 3, 1991, a fire broke out at the Imperial Food Products chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina. The blaze was caused by a leaking hydraulic line that sprayed flammable fluid near a fryer, igniting a fast-moving fire.
September 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
On September 3, 1991, a fire broke out at the Imperial Food Products chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina. The blaze was caused by a leaking hydraulic line that sprayed flammable fluid near a fryer, igniting a fast-moving fire.
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Our traveling team of attorneys is hitting the road to provide free, one-on-one brief legal consultations for Seniors.
✔️ No appointment needed
✔️ Open to ALL – Clarence residency not required
Stop by, ask your questions, and get trusted legal guidance right in your community!
✔️ No appointment needed
✔️ Open to ALL – Clarence residency not required
Stop by, ask your questions, and get trusted legal guidance right in your community!
September 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Our traveling team of attorneys is hitting the road to provide free, one-on-one brief legal consultations for Seniors.
✔️ No appointment needed
✔️ Open to ALL – Clarence residency not required
Stop by, ask your questions, and get trusted legal guidance right in your community!
✔️ No appointment needed
✔️ Open to ALL – Clarence residency not required
Stop by, ask your questions, and get trusted legal guidance right in your community!
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How Workers Died Last Week: Confined space, heat, cement roller, falls, electrocutions, coal mining, crane collapse, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
Labor Day Weekly Toll: Dead on the Job - Confined Space
How Workers Died Last Week: Confined space, heat, cement roller, falls, electrocutions, coal mining, crane collapse, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in...
jordanbarab.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How Workers Died Last Week: Confined space, heat, cement roller, falls, electrocutions, coal mining, crane collapse, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
Our Workers’ Compensation Guidebook is an informational resource to help workers in New York understand their rights and the workers’ compensation system after a work-related injury or illness.
Available for free in 16 languages:
wnycosh.org/workercenter...
Available for free in 16 languages:
wnycosh.org/workercenter...
September 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Our Workers’ Compensation Guidebook is an informational resource to help workers in New York understand their rights and the workers’ compensation system after a work-related injury or illness.
Available for free in 16 languages:
wnycosh.org/workercenter...
Available for free in 16 languages:
wnycosh.org/workercenter...
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H-2A workers are experiencing the same labor abuses as other low-wage workers, but quitting their job means they'll be deported and unable to provide for their families.
August 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
H-2A workers are experiencing the same labor abuses as other low-wage workers, but quitting their job means they'll be deported and unable to provide for their families.
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For the 2nd week in a row, multiple workers are killed in a confined space. 3 workers were killed in a manhole in Trinity, Texas Wed.
This comes a week after 6 dairy workers were killed in a manure pit in Col.
Almost all of the dead in both incidents were rescuers
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
This comes a week after 6 dairy workers were killed in a manure pit in Col.
Almost all of the dead in both incidents were rescuers
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
Three More Killed in Confined Space - Confined Space
For the second week in a row, multiple workers have been killed in a confined space incident. 3 workers died in a Texas manhole Wednesday.
jordanbarab.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
For the 2nd week in a row, multiple workers are killed in a confined space. 3 workers were killed in a manhole in Trinity, Texas Wed.
This comes a week after 6 dairy workers were killed in a manure pit in Col.
Almost all of the dead in both incidents were rescuers
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
This comes a week after 6 dairy workers were killed in a manure pit in Col.
Almost all of the dead in both incidents were rescuers
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
TODAY! Free Legal Advice Clinic on the East Side from 4:30pm to 6:30pm. All are welcome!
Happening Thursday August 28th: the East Side Free Legal Advice Clinic! From 4:30pm - 6:30pm.
📍St. Stan's, on the corner of Fillmore Ave. and Peckham St..
Share with those who might need it! The Clinic is OPEN TO ALL. Everyone is welcome!
📍St. Stan's, on the corner of Fillmore Ave. and Peckham St..
Share with those who might need it! The Clinic is OPEN TO ALL. Everyone is welcome!
August 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
TODAY! Free Legal Advice Clinic on the East Side from 4:30pm to 6:30pm. All are welcome!