We thank Congressman Norcross for his leadership in promoting worker safety and holding big corporations like Amazon accountable.” It is now up to lawmakers at the state and national levels to keep workers safe by reining in dangerous productivity quotas, allowing workers to form health and safety committees, and creating stronger penalties for businesses that create dangerous work environments. “As Amazon expands its footprint in New Jersey, its warehouses are becoming an increasingly dangerous place to work. “Every worker deserves to be safe on the job, and that is often not the case at Amazon warehouses,” said Nicole Rodriguez, president of New Jersey Policy Perspective. Amazon is a multi-billion-dollar company that claims to be ‘Earth’s Safest Place to Work.’ OSHA needs to investigate the workplace safety issues at Amazon to see what is driving these injury rates.” Getting hurt on the job puts their health, livelihood, and families at risk. “Behind these troubling statistics are working people who depend on their jobs to put food on the table and a roof over their head. “I’m asking OSHA to ensure the safety of working men and women in New Jersey and across the country,” said Congressman Norcross. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) held a press conference in front of Amazon’s TEB3 fulfillment center in Logan Township, New Jersey, where he stood with former Amazon warehouse workers and called on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to thoroughly investigate troubling reports of injury rates at the multi-billion-dollar company that far exceed the national industry average.Īccording to an analysis of injury data Amazon provided to OSHA, the overall injury rate at Amazon’s warehouses in New Jersey increased by 54% from 2020 to 2021, and Amazon workers’ serious injuries comprise 55% of all serious warehouse injuries in New Jersey.
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