Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently cited Amazon for not recording work-related injuries and illnesses properly.
The investigation was conducted at six warehouse facilities in Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois and New York, according to a Dec. 16 U.S. Department of Labor news release.
"Solving health and safety problems in the workplace requires injury and illness records to be accurate and transparent," OSHA Assistant Secretary of Labor Doug Parker said in the news release. "Our concern is that nothing will be done to keep an injury from recurring if it isn't even recorded in the logbook which – in a company the size of Amazon – could have significant consequences for a large number of workers."
OSHA issued cited Amazon for 14 recordkeeping violations for failing to properly record injuries and illnesses, misclassifying injuries or illnesses, not recording injuries or illnesses within the required time or not timely providing OSHA with injury and illness records, according to the news release.
Amazon faces $29,008 in proposed penalties and OSHA's investigation is ongoing. Amazon was given 15 working days to respond to the citations, according to the news release.
