At least two internal Amazon studies found a link between how quickly the online retailer's warehouse workers perform tasks and workplace injuries, but the company rejected many safety recommendations out of concern the proposed changes might reduce productivity, according to a U.S. Senate committee report. The 160-page review issued Sunday night was compiled by the Democratic majority staff of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The report is the final product of a probe into Amazon's warehouse safety practices that U.S. Sen.

A Senate committee investigation accused the nation's largest online retailer Amazon of putting workers at risk of injury in the name of speed — while manipulating workplace injury data to portray its warehouses as safer than they truly are. The findings were released late Sunday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. The report stems from an 18-month investigation that reviewed seven years of Amazon workplace injury data and interviewed over 130 Amazon workers. It found that despite Amazon's claims of...

Just as Amazon warehouse workers are threatening to launch the "first large-scale" unfair labor practices strike at Amazon in US history, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released a report accusing Amazon of operating "uniquely dangerous warehouses" that allegedly put profits over worker safety. As chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Sanders started investigating Amazon in June 2023. His goal was "to uncover why Amazon’s injury rates far exceed those of its competitors and to understand what happens to Amazon workers when they are injured on the...

Amazon neglected to adopt key safety recommendations from internal studies in an effort to keep productivity up, according to a U.S. Senate committee report. Two internal Amazon studies—Project Elderwand (2021) and Project Soteria (2020)—identified direct connections between work speed and increased risk of injuries. Project Elderwand, which focused on workers handling items from robotic shelves, concluded that exceeding 1,940 repetitive movements per 10-hour shift elevated the risk of back injuries.

"This evidence reveals a deeply troubling picture of how one of the largest corporations in the world treats its workforce," a Senate committee wrote in its report. WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — At least two internal Amazon studies found a link between how quickly the online retailer's warehouse workers perform tasks and workplace injuries, but the company rejected many safety recommendations out of concern the proposed changes might reduce productivity, according to a U.S. Senate committee report. The 160-page review issued Sunday night was compiled by the Democratic majority staff of...

Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A Senate committee investigation into Amazon worker safety accused the e-commerce giant of placing speed and productivity over worker safety, resulting in mounting injuries to its employees.

The report, released Sunday, said the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension report, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I, Vt., charged that Amazon's corporate culture is "obsessed" with packages out the door so much that it jeopardizes workers' health on a routine basis.