Serious injuries at Amazon warehouses rose 15% in the year since Amazon pledged to become ‘Earth’s Safest Place to Work’
In the year since Amazon pledged to become “Earth’s Safest Place to Work,” the serious injury rate at the company’s American warehouses rose 15%, according to a new report from the union coalition Strategic Organizing Center.
The report, which was published Tuesday and relies on federal injury data, shows that the average Amazon worker was more likely to get hurt in 2021 than they were in 2020. This comes as the company said it spent $300 million on worker safety and instituted a slate of new programs it claims are designed to reduce injuries.
