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On one Prime Day, Amazon warehouse workers endured '45% injury rate'
On one Prime Day, Amazon warehouse workers endured '45% injury rate'https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/16/amazon_prime_day_2019_senate_committee_report/?td=rt-3a
Risk of workplace injury is extremely high for Amazon warehouse workers during Prime Day and the holiday season, according to a US Senate committee report.
Authored by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, the investigative report [PDF] claimed Amazon's annual Prime Day sale is "a major cause of injuries for the warehouse workers who make it possible."
The HELP committee, led by Sanders, has not yet completed its probe into the online super-souk, which began last year, but revealed some of its findings so far, with the publication likely timed to coincide with Amazon Prime Day 2024.
The panel's interim report is mainly focused on data from Prime Day 2019, and claimed that Amazon reported an injury rate of about ten percent – 10 workers injured per 100 – to the nation's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which would be double the industry average. However, the committee said this figure only covers the injuries Amazon was obligated to report to OSHA, and claimed the overall injury rate was roughly 45 percent, or 45 per 100. The injury rate was similar for the holiday season, the report said, and claimed this was based on internal Amazon data.
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Authored by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, the investigative report [PDF] claimed Amazon's annual Prime Day sale is "a major cause of injuries for the warehouse workers who make it possible."
The HELP committee, led by Sanders, has not yet completed its probe into the online super-souk, which began last year, but revealed some of its findings so far, with the publication likely timed to coincide with Amazon Prime Day 2024.
The panel's interim report is mainly focused on data from Prime Day 2019, and claimed that Amazon reported an injury rate of about ten percent – 10 workers injured per 100 – to the nation's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which would be double the industry average. However, the committee said this figure only covers the injuries Amazon was obligated to report to OSHA, and claimed the overall injury rate was roughly 45 percent, or 45 per 100. The injury rate was similar for the holiday season, the report said, and claimed this was based on internal Amazon data.
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