Are injuries surging at Amazon? The feds should investigate.
They risked their lives and saw their coworkers die during the pandemic, just to get us our packages quickly. Now some Amazon workers in New Jersey are demanding a federal investigation of worker injuries, saying the company is putting speed over safety.
It’s truly alarming how many people get injured on the job at Amazon, based on the numbers that Amazon itself reported to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). So we must join our members of Congress and these warehouse workers in asking: Why hasn’t OSHA investigated?