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Amazon workers are in a warehouse of pain, independent report finds
Amazon may have some serious explaining to do. A survey of workers at warehouses and other company facilities finds injury rates astronomically higher than those the online megastore has reported to government officials.
In contrast to the 6.9 injuries for every 100 workers that Amazon self-reported to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2022, 69 percent of Amazon warehouse employees had to take unpaid time off due to pain or exhaustion in the past month, and 34 percent have had to do so three or more times, according to research.
Additionally, 41 percent of employees report having been injured on the job at an Amazon warehouse, a figure that climbs to 51 percent for those who have worked there for three or more years.
That data, and additional findings that contradict Amazon's own injury reporting, was sourced from 1,484 Amazon workers at 451 facilities across 42 states, and collected by a pair of researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago's Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED).
"We undertook this study because media reports and government agency investigations have raised serious questions about working conditions at Amazon warehouses," said Dr Beth Gutelius, research director at the CUED and co-author of the report.
In contrast to the 6.9 injuries for every 100 workers that Amazon self-reported to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2022, 69 percent of Amazon warehouse employees had to take unpaid time off due to pain or exhaustion in the past month, and 34 percent have had to do so three or more times, according to research.
Additionally, 41 percent of employees report having been injured on the job at an Amazon warehouse, a figure that climbs to 51 percent for those who have worked there for three or more years.
That data, and additional findings that contradict Amazon's own injury reporting, was sourced from 1,484 Amazon workers at 451 facilities across 42 states, and collected by a pair of researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago's Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED).
"We undertook this study because media reports and government agency investigations have raised serious questions about working conditions at Amazon warehouses," said Dr Beth Gutelius, research director at the CUED and co-author of the report.
[link:https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/26/amazon_underreporting_workplace_injury/|
