Amazon Faces Nearly $50K in Fines With New Round of Warehouse Safety Violations

Amazon was hit with a slate of new workplace safety violations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Wednesday. According to OSHA, Amazon failed to keep workers safe at three more of its warehouses in Aurora, Colo., Nampa, Idaho, and Castleton, N.Y. The agency has since delivered hazard alert letters for exposing workers to ergonomic hazards at these facilities. The inspections follow referrals from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York that led the agency to open inspections and find similar violations at other Amazon warehouse facilities in Florida, Illinois and New York in July 2022. OSHA later opened inspections in Aurora, Nampa and Castleton on Aug. 1, 2022. At all six locations, OSHA investigators found Amazon exposed warehouse workers to a high risk of low back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders. According to the agency, the risks they faced are related to the high frequency with which employees must lift packages and other items; heavy weight of the items handled by workers; employees awkwardly twisting, bending and extending themselves to lift items; and long hours required to complete assigned tasks. OSHA reviewed on-site injury logs required by federal law and discovered that, in fact, Amazon warehouse workers

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