MCOSH’s mission and work have remained the same for 30 years, since our inception as an integral part of the Tompkins-Cortland Labor Coalition in 1989, and then under the framework of the Midstate Education and Service Foundation (a non-profit 501c3 organization, formally Midstate Education and Services Foundation) beginning in 2003. We remain committed to the principle that workplace injury, illness, and death are preventable, and through training, education, advocacy, and labor-community organizing we work to extend and defend every person’s right to a safe and healthy workplace. We are a proud affiliate of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (NCOSH).
Training offerings
Supporting essential workers in New York Finger Lakes and Southern Tier Regions. We train throughout the region, we will come to you. We have staff to do adult worker and youth peer leaders to train youth. You can choose from the themes below.
- Chemical Hazards
- Hazard Communication
- Emergency Response to Chemical Process Industries.
- Harassment & Discrimination
- Harassment and Discrimination
- Racial and ethnic discrimination
- Sexual orientation discrimination
- Gender Identity discrimination
- Immigrant Worker Rights
- Sexual Harassment
- Occupational Health and Safety Overview
- Advanced Workplace Health and Safety.
- Workplace Violence
- Agricultural Safety and Health
- Temperature Extremes- Extreme Heat
- Infectious Diseases
- Ergonomics
- Muscular-skeletal injury prevention
- Workplace engineering assessment
- Lifting injury and repetitive motion injury reduction
Advocacy & Technical Assistance
MCOSH offers help to employers and workers to exercise their rights through helping with the following items.
- Applying for workers compensation
- Applying for wage recovery
- Applying for disability
- Hazards assessment through onsite inspection and trainings
- Finding location resources for help with medical and transportation needs.
