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Reporter Will Evans works at his computer in the Reveal office. Text over him reads, “Uncovering Amazon’s Safety Crisis.”

The truth about injuries at Amazon

by Will Evans and Rachel de Leon October 19, 2020June 30, 2021

As a result of Reveal reporter Will Evans’ investigation into injuries at Amazon warehouses across the country last year, sources shared a trove of internal records, giving an unprecedented view into the company’s safety record.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks from behind a lectern.

Behind the Smiles

Lawmakers demand Amazon answer for deception on worker injuries

by Will Evans October 15, 2020June 30, 2021

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and others want the company to account for the ways it misled the public, press and lawmakers.

Behind the Smiles

How Amazon hid its safety crisis 

by Will Evans, Rachel de Leon, Katharine Mieszkowski, Soo Oh, Andy Donohue, Esther Kaplan, Matt Thompson and Nikki Frick September 29, 2020June 30, 2021

Robots. Prime Day. Holiday peak. Internal records show Amazon has deceived the public on rising injury rates among its warehouse workers.

Behind the Smiles

What are injury rates like at Amazon warehouses?

by Mohamed Al Elew and Soo Oh September 29, 2020March 28, 2023

Look up injury rates at the Amazon warehouse that ships your package, along with more than 150 other warehouses across the country.

A collage illustration shows a person against an orange background. There arm is in a sling made from a material that resembles an altered Amazon package.

Behind the Smiles

Catching Amazon in a lie

by Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Al Letson, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Will Evans, Jennifer Gollan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Taki Telonidis, Michael Montgomery, Andy Donohue, Esther Kaplan, Soo Oh, Rachel de Leon, Melissa Lewis and Chris Harland-Dunaway September 26, 2020July 1, 2021

Amazon says its warehouses are safe for workers. But the numbers reveal that workers are getting hurt much more often than the company claims.

A worker looks at a stack of boxes in an Amazon warehouse.

In/Vulnerable

‘We’re not treated like people. We’re numbers.’

by Will Evans, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike August 10, 2020June 30, 2021

This comic shares the experiences of someone working in Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Outside of an Amazon warehouse, a protester holds a sign saying "money come and go, but health is irreplaceable. Shut down Amazon."

Behind the Smiles, COVID-19

Inside one of Amazon’s hardest-hit warehouses: ‘Why aren’t we closing the building?’

by Will Evans May 20, 2020June 30, 2021

The company’s long-simmering tensions with its warehouse workers have spilled over in the coronavirus pandemic.

Behind the Smiles

Reveal project Behind the Smiles named a Pulitzer finalist

by Reveal staff May 6, 2020June 30, 2021

Reveal’s investigation into workplace safety problems inside Amazon warehouses was named a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting.