Amazon told lawmakers it wouldn't build storm shelters in warehouses after fatal collapse
Publishing timestamp: 2023-02-02 14:13:55
Summary
Amazon has refused to build storm shelters in its warehouses after a deadly building collapse in December 2021, in which six workers were killed. Three Democratic lawmakers wrote to Amazon in December 2022 seeking more information about the company's plans to rebuild the warehouse and why it didn't have a storm shelter or safe room on site. Amazon said it follows guidelines from Occupational Safety and Health Administration and National Weather Service, and will continue to maintain severe weather assembly area for workers to shelter in place. Families of two employees killed in the building collapse have filed wrongful death lawsuits against Amazon and companies that built the warehouse.
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Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/02/amazon-to-lawmakers-we-wont-build-storm-shelters-in-warehouses.html