According to reports, the two workers died within hours each other on November 28th and 29th. One of them passed away in the building while the other was treated for medical issues. Amazon worker Isaiah Thomas said one victim suffered a stroke.“died on the job”He asked HR to allow him...
The Amazon workers reportedly died within hours of each other on Nov. 28 and 29, one at the facility and one after being transported away from work in an ambulance. In a video interview being widely shared on Twitter, Amazon day-shift worker Isaiah Thomas claimed that the man who suffered...
Amazon has repeatedly declined to comment on how many warehouse employees have died from the virus nationwide. Leigh's passing marks the sixth known case of an Amazon worker who has died from the virus, following reports of deaths inJeffersonville, Indiana;Waukegan, Illinois;Staten Island, New Yo...
Last July, a42-year-old Amazon warehouse worker alsodiedof a heart attack at the company’s EWR9fulfillment center in Carteret, New Jersey during the Prime Day sales rush. Workers alleged sweltering conditions inside the warehouse at the time, but an OSHA investigationdeterminedthe cause to be...
An Amazon worker at a facility in Northeast Illinois has died from the coronavirus, the company confirmed to CNBC. The employee, who worked at an Amazon warehouse known as MDW8, died on April 18, and his last day at the facility was March 19. One MDW8 worker, who knew the employee...
Department of Labor spokesperson Denisha Braxton confirmed Thursday that the most recent fatality took place last week at an Amazon facility in Monroe Township. The second probe is looking into a July 24 accident at an Amazon facility in Robbinsville. The worker involved in that accident died thre...
In the past two years, at least 57 people have died in more than four dozen crashes involving federally regulated carriers shipping for Amazon, according to data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), though the data does not indicate who was at fault in these incidents....
"That's really scary," William Stolz, an Amazonworkerin Shakopee said after being told about the state's data Monday. Amazon requires workers to wearface masksand takes temperatures of workers. But Stolz said it's frustrating that workers haven't been given more information so they can decide...
"Amazon has a responsibility to make the modest investments necessary to ensure that workers in its Edwardsville facility are protected from future disasters," the letter read. "Your company's reported decision to rebuild the Edwardsville warehouse to the same condition as when six wor...
On Tuesday, the company confirmed that an Amazon warehouse worker died on March 31 after contracting the virus. It is unknown if the worker was exposed at work and Amazon said he did not show any symptoms on his last day on the job. ...