41% of Amazon warehouse workers reported being injured on the job, and 69% reported having to take unpaid time off due to pain or fatigue.
Amazon's warehouses have highly controlled working conditions, and Amazon warehouse workers are often reported to
41 Percent of Amazon Workers Have Been Injured On the Job, New Report Finds | Center for Urban Economic Development | University of Illinois Chicago
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Amazon has warehouses around the world to ship huge amounts of products, and hundreds of thousands of warehouse workers work in the United States alone. At Amazon's warehouses, a strict management system is in place to increase employee work efficiency, and ``Amazon warehouse workers are twice as likely to sustain an injury on the job that requires time off or reassignment as the industry average. A report has also been published stating that the
In March 2022, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries found that there were 'serious and willful violations of safety regulations' at fulfillment centers in the state, and ordered Amazon to pay fines and enforce safety regulations. I ordered improvements to be made. In response, Amazon claims that ``the authorities' remedial recommendations are not currently recognized as legally legitimate,'' and requests the court to prohibit the authorities' orders.
Amazon alleges that ``labor authorities' orders to reduce risks in warehouses violate the constitution'' - GIGAZINE
Therefore, a research team at the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago investigated whether Amazon warehouse workers had ever been injured on the job and their mental state. “We undertook this investigation because media reports and government investigations have raised serious questions about working conditions in Amazon warehouses,” said report co-author Dr. Beth Gutelius.
The research team conducted a survey of people working at Amazon from April to August 2023 through advertisements on an app operated by Meta. We excluded responses that did not seriously answer the question, responses that suggested people did not actually work at Amazon, and responses that were not warehouse workers, such as managers or delivery drivers, and ended up in 42 states in the United States. They collected responses from 1,484 warehouse workers working at 451 Amazon warehouses in .
After analyzing the responses, the research team reported that the following main results were found.
・41% of warehouse workers have experienced an injury while working in a warehouse, and the percentage rises to 51% of workers who have been employed for three years or more.
69% of warehouse workers had to take unpaid time off due to pain or fatigue in the month before the survey. Additionally, 34% took three or more unpaid holidays in a month.
・52% of warehouse workers feel burnt out at work, and this rate rises to 60% of workers who have been with the company for three years or more.
41% of warehouse workers feel pressure to work faster all/most of the time.
53% of injured warehouse workers and 78% of burned out warehouse workers feel pressure to work faster all/most of the time.
・60% of warehouse workers feel that 'employees are monitored more closely at Amazon than at their previous workplace.'
The report states, 'The findings show that many people who work in Amazon warehouses suffer from working there, reporting pain, injury, burnout, and other psychosocial stress. Amazon has been hailed as the quintessential innovator, reshaping the norms and practices of the warehousing industry and the economy as a whole.However, our research data shows that Amazon is pushing for speed and efficiency more than ever before. ', it imposes significant costs on workers.'
'Many Amazon warehouse workers are forced to take unpaid time off due to pain and fatigue as a sort of implicit condition of their jobs,' said Dr. Sanjay Pinto, co-author of the report. That's a problem. This reduces workers' pay in the short term. Also, the health damage this data shows has potential impacts on well-being, medical costs, future employment, and overall economic stability. 'It raises concerns about the long-term effects.'
In response to this report, an Amazon spokesperson said, ``This is not a 'research,' but a survey conducted on social media by a group with a motive to bring down Amazon.'' It is argued that there is a lack of 'Nothing is more important than the health and safety of our employees. We work to continue to improve every day, and we continue to invest in the safety of our entire network.'
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