Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) faces renewed scrutiny over its warehouse safety practices following a Senate investigation that claims the e-commerce giant manipulated injury data and prioritized speed over worker safety, allegations the company strongly disputes.
What Happened: A 160-page report released on Sunday by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, found Amazon warehouses recorded 30% more injuries than the industry average in 2023, with workers nearly twice as likely to be injured compared to other warehouse employees.
“Amazon’s self-assessment is disturbingly inaccurate and that the company operates uniquely dangerous warehouses—knowingly allowing unsafe conditions that injure workers and failing to fix those unsafe conditions if doing so could hurt the company’s bottom line,” the report said.
The investigation claims Amazon’s productivity quotas force workers to “move in unsafe ways” …
Full story available on Benzinga.com
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) faces renewed scrutiny over its warehouse safety practices following a Senate investigation that claims the e-commerce giant manipulated injury data and prioritized speed over worker safety, allegations the company strongly disputes.
What Happened: A 160-page report released on Sunday by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, found Amazon warehouses recorded 30% more injuries than the industry average in 2023, with workers nearly twice as likely to be injured compared to other warehouse employees.
“Amazon’s self-assessment is disturbingly inaccurate and that the company operates uniquely dangerous warehouses—knowingly allowing unsafe conditions that injure workers and failing to fix those unsafe conditions if doing so could hurt the company’s bottom line,” the report said.
The investigation claims Amazon’s productivity quotas force workers to “move in unsafe ways” …
Full story available on Benzinga.com
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) faces renewed scrutiny over its warehouse safety practices following a Senate investigation that claims the e-commerce giant manipulated injury data and prioritized speed over worker safety, allegations the company strongly disputes.
What Happened: A 160-page report released on Sunday by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, found Amazon warehouses recorded 30% more injuries than the industry average in 2023, with workers nearly twice as likely to be injured compared to other warehouse employees.
“Amazon’s self-assessment is disturbingly inaccurate and that the company operates uniquely dangerous warehouses—knowingly allowing unsafe conditions that injure workers and failing to fix those unsafe conditions if doing so could hurt the company’s bottom line,” the report said.
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