Amazon.Com Services LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Feb 28, 2023: Employees are infected with covid-19 in facility outbreak

Employees were working in a warehouse distribution center when the p.m. shift was determined to be in a COVID-19 outbreak on February 28, 2023. There were approximately 1,000 employees in the facility, and it was infeasible to determine where those who contract COVID-19 were exposed. The outbreak infected approximately two percent of the employees at the facility and was comparable to the infection rate of the community at large. No employees were hospitalized. The employer had implemented the required precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Incident on Feb 1, 2022: Worker unloading trailer is struck on head by falling box an

At 11:04 p.m. on February 1, 2022, an employee was working at a warehouse or fulfillment center operated by a large online retailer. He was at the facility's inbound dock, unloading boxes from inside a trailer. To do this, he was using a Destuff-IT portable conveyor system. He was unloading boxes from the bottom of a stack or pile, when a box fell from the top, striking the employee on the head. The employee felt shocked, thinking about what had just happened, took a few seconds, closed and opened his eyes, stood up, felt dizzy, waited a minute, and started unloading boxes again. He felt embarrassed and was not sure what to do. He told a coworker he was headed to the restroom and informed another employee on the floor that a box had fallen on his head. He called one of the facility's red vest workers, who called a nurse. The employee was taken to a wellness center. Staff there called emergency services for an ambulance. It arrived and transported the employee to the hospital. He was hospitalized. The employee was experiencing the symptoms of concussion symptoms. He felt extremely sick, with some mild headaches, and air in his throat. He was experiencing panic attacks and getting scared. He was given an MRI. His blood tests showed negative results. The firm's 5020 report stated that the box weighed approximately 15 kg or 30 lb. The employer's accident investigation report stated that the dimensions of the box were 26 by 9.5 by 15 inches (0.74 by 0.24 by 0.38 meters). It weighed 18.5 lbs (8.4 kg).

Incident on Aug 8, 2020: Employee suffers eye injury

At 8:45 p.m. on August 8, 2020, an employee in the outbound department who worked in packing and shipping of various products at a distribution warehouse was moving tote bags by hand. As he was picking up a stack of plastic totes, he poked his eye. The employee had a preexisting eye condition. The employee suffered an orbital cellulitis eye injury. A DOSH Investigator came to the site on October 26, 2020. The employee was medically treated but did not require hospitalization.

Incident on May 18, 2020: Fulfillment center employee is struck by falling box and inj

At 8:30 p.m. on January 14, 2020, an employee was working for a firm that sold merchandise online. It sold items in its own right and provided a website on which other sellers operated as well. The employee was working at one of the firm's fulfillment centers -- a large distribution warehouse for the shipping and receiving of household products. He worked directly for the warehouse's owner and operator. He was operating an industrial truck, a forklift. He was working in warehouse location VNA 341, pulling products from a rack. He had gotten off his powered industrial truck, when a densely packed box of pillows fell from an upper rack. They struck the employee in his head and neck. He was crushed. He was hospitalized to treat head and neck pain at a regional medical center. . The firm did not report the incident with the time limit. On May 18, 2020, DOSH arrived at the site. The employer had not thought the injury serious. It did not file a report until May 27, 2020.

Incident on Aug 13, 2019: Employee fractures hip after fall next to conveyor

At 9:17 a.m. on August 13, 2019, an employee was working by herself as a package handler. While boxes were coming down from the conveyor, the employee was grabbing boxes. The employee stepped on the base plate of the conveyor structure which was mounted with nut and bolt and covered with reflective material. The employee fell on her left hip on the concrete floor at the same level. The employee was hospitalized for treatment. The employee sustained a fractured hip and underwent surgery.