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Amazon aware of warehouse injury risk, report finds
Amazon pushes its US warehouse workers to fulfill orders at speeds that could cause high rates of injury despite being aware of the risks, an investigation led by Senator Bernie Sanders has found.
The findings, following an 18-month probe of the firm, support claims that workers and labour campaigners have made about the company for years.
The report accused the firm of rejecting changes that would have reduced workers’ pace, but improved safety because of concerns about its bottom line.
But Amazon said the report was “wrong on the facts”, and featured “selective, outdated information that lacks context and isn’t grounded in reality”.