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.
Behind the Smiles
Investigating the true toll of Amazon’s obsession with speed.
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Lawmakers demand Amazon answer for deception on worker injuries
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and others want the company to account for the ways it misled the public, press and lawmakers.
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How Amazon hid its safety crisis
Robots. Prime Day. Holiday peak. Internal records show Amazon has deceived the public on rising injury rates among its warehouse workers.
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What are injury rates like at Amazon warehouses?
Look up injury rates at the Amazon warehouse that ships your package, along with more than 150 other warehouses across the country.
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Catching Amazon in a lie
Amazon says its warehouses are safe for workers. But the numbers reveal that workers are getting hurt much more often than the company claims.
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Inside one of Amazon’s hardest-hit warehouses: ‘Why aren’t we closing the building?’
The company’s long-simmering tensions with its warehouse workers have spilled over in the coronavirus pandemic.
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Reveal project Behind the Smiles named a Pulitzer finalist
Reveal’s investigation into workplace safety problems inside Amazon warehouses was named a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting.
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Indiana shouldn’t have let Amazon off the hook for worker’s death, new investigation says
As Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb tried to land Amazon’s HQ2, state officials dropped serious safety citations against the company.
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Federal lawmakers call on OSHA to release Amazon’s injury records
In the wake of Reveal’s investigation, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ilhan Omar say producing the data “should be quick and easy.”
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It’s like ‘having a dealer teach you how to count cards’ – OSHA whistleblower speaks out about Amazon
In late 2017, as Indiana geared up to bid for Amazon’s new headquarters location, an Amazon warehouse worker near Indianapolis was fatally injured.