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maintenance worker, was crushe to death by a forklift. a state inspector s investigation reveals it was clearly the fault of amazon, but according to reveal, state officials in indiana, which was jockeying for amazon s second headquarters, sided with the company. indiana governor says the allegations are false and has called for a retraction, but reveal stands by its story. investigative reporter will evans joining me now. could these incidents be specific to individual warehouses or do you believe you ve seenus enough to conclud that it is a company-wide problem? yeah, we ve looked at injury rates at warehouses around the country, and certainly there are some warehouses that are especiallyat dangerous. but we ve also talked to former amazon safety managersor who sa this is a company problem. the company knows it s a problem, but a it s just not gog to slow i down and address the root cause ofdo the problem, whh is how hard they re pushing these workers. what do you make of amazon
to buy something today as retailers hope to hit a $9.4 billion spending forecast. that ison 19% higher than it wa last % year. the w deals are hard to ignore, but a new report revealed may make you think about making the click. records m from 23 amazon warehouses show the rate of serious injury among their workers is more than double the national average and it goes higher during the holidays. a spokesperson for amazon said the injury rates are high because the companyat is aggressive about reporting worker injuries, but the report suggests that the real culprit the amazon s single-minded pursuit ofgl speed and efficien, even if itnd comes at the expen of keeping the workers safe. workers in saefl were told to keepe working even though a ga leakgh in the warehouse was makg themus ill. some employees in arizona took customer orders into the bathroom with them so they wouldn t run out of time before they hit their quotas, and in the state of indiana, a
it s more dangerous than occupations like coal mining and log. amazon is, should be held to account for some of these safety conditions. what does that mean hold to account? are they violating any labor laws? they have been cited by occupational safety and health administration and they have faced some consequences, but the regulatory regime in this country is so weak, that many companies the size of amazon can get away with devastating injuries and some deaths we ve seen at amazon warehouses. i want to read what amazon told reveal about its injury report. they said this. amazon s injury rates are so high because of its aggressive about reporting their own worker injuries and they are very cautious about allowing injured workers to return to work before they are ready. they are basically making the argument it s because of their standards they record every one of these possible injuries that we re aware of them.
of 9.6 per 100 full-time workers. that s double than the national average. joining me is an author who is looking into the cost of black friday for amazon s workers. what did you learn about the toll this is take on those workers? the focus on total efficiency at amazon is take really bad toll on workers bodies as well as their mental health. there s an investigation about these pretty devastating injury rates at amazon warehouses. they are becoming a dominant force in the warehouse logistics industry. amazon is in a position to release standards for this industry. what we see from injury reports that s amazon s own recorded data. the injury rates are astounding.
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