Amazon’s Prime Day a ‘major’ cause of worker injuries, Senate probe finds

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/16/amazons-prime-day-causes-worker-injuries-senate-probe-finds.html

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  1. [Amazon](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/AMZN/) Prime Day, the 48-hour discount blitz that kicks off Tuesday, is a “major” cause of worker injuries, according to the [preliminary results](https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/help_committee_amazon_interim_report.pdf) of a Senate probe.

    The Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Tuesday released the interim results of [a yearlong investigation](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/20/amazon-faces-senate-probe-over-warehouse-safety.html) into Amazon’s warehouse working conditions just as the company [holds](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/25/amazon-prime-day-2024-sale-runs-july-16-and-17.html) its annual Prime Day deals event.

    Amazon provided the committee with internal data from Prime Day 2019 that showed its total injury rate, including those the company is not required to disclose to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, was “just under” 45 injuries per 100 workers, which amounts to “nearly half of the company’s warehouse workers,” the report states.

    Read more: [https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/16/amazons-prime-day-causes-worker-injuries-senate-probe-finds.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/16/amazons-prime-day-causes-worker-injuries-senate-probe-finds.html)

  2. More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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    – Associated Press (A-): [Amazon Prime Day is a major cause of injuries for warehouse workers, Senate review says](https://apnews.com/article/amazon-prime-day-injuries-warehouse-deliveries-6a242db544c8fe30df96e796e49d7a71)
    – Time (B): [Experts Warn of Surge in Scams on Amazon Prime Day. Here’s What to Look Out For](https://time.com/6999021/amazon-prime-day-scams-tips/)
    – Android Central (C): [Don’t let Prime Day scams dampen your shopping spree. Here’s what to look for](https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/amazon-prime-day-scams-to-look-for)
    – WWD (C): [What Amazon’s Prime Day Is Really About](https://wwd.com/business-news/business-features/amazon-prime-day-2024-strategy-members-1236490393/)

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  3. I don’t buy stuff on prime day. My mail lady is about 80 years old and delivers packages to wrong houses on normal days. Don’t trust her during busy periods.

  4. I like how the image is of someone who doesn’t work for Amazon.

    From personal experience, the DSP I work for has had a lot of heat related problems recently. Nothing fatal thankfully, but we did have a couple people pass out, and lots of vomiting.

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