Amazon Worker Issues Mount Amid Labor Department Scrutiny
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Amazon.com Inc.’s labor issues are growing at its sprawling network of fulfillment centers, where it ships everything from books to big-screen televisions.
The U.S. Department of Labor said this week that it’s examining two worker deaths at warehouses operated by the world’s largest online retailer. One man was crushed to death in December 2013 after getting caught between a conveyor system while sorting packages at a facility in Avenel, New Jersey, and another fatality occurred on June 1 at an Amazon fulfillment center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.