Amazon says its warehouses have become safer. This report claims injury rates are still too high

May 10 2024 by Fast Company

A new report by the National Employment Law Project found that Amazon’s injury rate in 2023 was 71% higher than that of other employers in the warehousing sector.

Amazon has faced ongoing scrutiny over the safety conditions in its warehouses and the number of injuries sustained by its workers. Earlier this year, the company touted the progress it had made toward improving workplace safety across U.S. warehouses, claiming that its recordable incident rate—a metric that reportedly...

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