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‘Get back to work’: Amazon faces fresh scrutiny over workplace safety record
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‘Get back to work’: Amazon faces fresh scrutiny over workplace safety record

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A mazon, one of the world’s largest employers, has for years faced scrutiny over its safety record. When Billy Foister, a 48-year-old worker, died after a heart attack inside one of the tech giant’s warehouses in September 2019, managers were accused of telling staff to “get back to work”. When another worker died this month at a distribution center in Troutdale, Oregon, an Amazon spokesperson claimed they had collapsed from an “existing medical issue”. They denied a report that a nearby employee was told: “Please get back to work.” As Donald Trump’s administration continues to overhaul federal government oversight of workplace safety, workers inside Amazon and labor advocates say the company’s injury rates, and how it treats injured workers, remain a problem. While the company insists that “nothing is more important” than its employees’ safety, it continues to face questions about how it handles, and reports, workplace injuries.…

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