Prime Day Puts Amazon Warehouse Employees at Greater Risk as Workers Under Pressure to Meet Demanding Quotas
A Senate report found that Amazon warehouse workers are more than twice as likely to get injured during Prime Day events compared to industry averages. Amazon warehouses are under more pressure and dangerous for employees during Prime Day and the holiday season as workers have to work faster for longer hours under pressure to meet quotas. One worker reported that their facility did not install a safety feature on a conveyor belt that automatically stops when jammed to save time, putting workers at risk of injuries from falling packages. Amazon disputes the report and says it has improved its recordable incident rate and significant injury rate since 2019.
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00:02A Senate report found that Amazon warehouse workers are more than twice as likely to get
00:06injured during Prime Day events compared to industry averages.
00:10Amazon warehouses are under more pressure and more dangerous for employees during Prime
00:14Day and the holiday season, as workers have to work faster for longer hours under pressure
00:18to meet quotas.
00:20One worker reported that their facility did not install a safety feature on a conveyor
00:23belt that automatically stops when jammed to save time, putting workers at risk of injuries
00:28from falling packages.
00:30Amazon disputes the report and says that it has improved its recordable incident rate
00:34and significant injury rate since 2019.
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