Robots. Prime Day. Holiday peak. Internal records show Amazon has deceived the public on rising injury rates among its warehouse workers.
Behind the Smiles
Investigating the true toll of Amazon’s obsession with speed.
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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.
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‘That should not be happening’ – Amazon warehouses’ serious injury rates more than double industry average
This year, Amazon rolled out one-day delivery on selected items. The convenience is alluring, but what is the true cost of speedy shipping?
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Help us! Share your Amazon warehouse injury records
If you work or have worked at one of these warehouses, you can obtain records.