Feds investigating workplace safety at Amazon warehouses

Workplace inspectors entered Amazon warehouses near New York, Chicago and Orlando, and the Justice Department says it is investigating potential safety issues.

Federal workplace inspectors went to Amazon warehouses in several cities Monday as the Justice Department investigates possible safety issues and whether injuries were hidden, a U.S. official said.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration went to warehouses outside New York City, Chicago and Orlando, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said.

The spokesman, Nicholas Biase, said that among the possible worker hazards is “Amazon’s required pace of work for its warehouse employees.”

"The Civil Division of the is investigating potential worker safety hazards at Amazon warehouses across the country, as well as possible fraudulent conduct designed to hide injuries from OSHA and others," Biase said, referring to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

A statement from an Amazon spokesperson Tuesday said: “We’ll of course cooperate with OSHA in their investigation, and we believe it will ultimately show that these concerns are unfounded.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/feds-investigating-workplace-safety-amazon-warehouses-rcna38834

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