Serious injury incidents more common at Amazon warehouses than at competing companies, despite drop in 2020 Serious incidents per 100 full-time employee equivalents (200,000 hours worked per year). “They have unrealistic expectations,” said Bobby Gosvener, who worked at an Amazon warehouse in Tulsa until he was injured late last year. The SOC also investigated injury rates among Amazon’s delivery service partners and surveyed Amazon workers about the safety of their workplaces. Gosvener’s serious injury was among more than 24,400 reported cases at 638 Amazon warehouses in 2020. Vanessa Melesio packed boxes at an Amazon warehouse in Redlands, Calif., for eight months in 2018.

Source: Washington Post June 01, 2021 12:01 UTC