Internet giant Amazon was urged by a worker advocacy group weeks ago to give workplace safety its urgent attention. After a bear spray can fell off a shelf and discharged at an Amazon warehouse in Robbinsville, sending two dozen workers to the hospital, The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health said the company needs to do a better job moving products without hurting people. "The company keeps saying that safety of workers is their top priority," Marcy Goldstein Gelb, the groups co-executive director, said. "The tens of millions of consumers who will spend money at Amazon this holiday season have a right to ask: If thats true, why do people keep getting hurt, injured and killed at Amazon facilities?"
Bear Spray Incident At NJ Amazon Warehouse Shines Light On Safety Record
Thursday, December 6th, 2018
Workers' Compensation
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