Across the country, people are skipping meals and falling behind on housing payments while layoffs, automation, and diminishing labor protections deepen insecurity. The message many workers hear is simple: You are replaceable.
Before joining National COSH earlier this year, COSHCON was something I had only heard about from afar. Working as a consultant in the NYC labor movement, I knew it was a respected, bilingual gathering that brought together workers, organizers, and health and safety leaders, but it was still just a concept to me, something other people experienced.
Hyundai-Kia U.S. Supply Chain suppliers have been named among the nation’s worst workplaces, according to a labor safety report released Tuesday, highlighting concerns over worker safety, labor practices, and oversight within the automakers’ supplier network. The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) announced the findings during a press conference unveiling its annual “Dirty Dozen” report. Since 2013, the organization has investigated companies repeatedly linked to workplace injuries, safety violations, hazardous exposures, and labor rights concerns. Each year it publishes a list of 12 employers considered among the most dangerous or problematic workplaces in the United States.
This year marks the first time that the Hyundai-Kia U.S. Supply Chain has been included in the report.
On Wednesday, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, a worker advocacy organization, released its annual “Dirty Dozen” report. One of the companies on the list of twelve was the “Hyundai-Kia U.S. Supply Chain,” which includes several facilities in Alabama.
Drawing on a tracker of OSHA inspections, the report states that twelve workers died in incidents at companies included in the Hyundai and Kia supply chain between 2015 and 2025. It also highlights the Department of Labor’s filing of a lawsuit against Hyundai and suppliers in 2024 over alleged use of child labor.
A Massachusetts water and sewer line construction contractor and the largest homebuilder in the U.S. are among the 2026 “Dirty Dozen” employers named by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health for alleged unsafe practices putting workers at risk.
The report, released Wednesday, singled out Revoli Construction for “decades of trenching violations” which included a fatal collapse, in addition to Texas-based D.R. Horton for “repeated safety violations and hazardous construction jobsite conditions amid ICE enforcement actions.”
On April 22, 2026, marking the beginning of Workers’ Memorial Week the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) has released its 2026 Dirty Dozen report, identifying twelve companies that have put workers’ lives at risk through unsafe practices, inadequate protections, and systemic neglect. The report comes as federal workplace health and safety penalties drop nearly 45 percent during the current administration, according to Good Jobs First, raising alarm about declining enforcement just as preventable deaths, injuries, and illnesses continue across the country. The Dirty Dozen underscores the urgent need for stronger enforcement and corporate accountability.
