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Article

12 Dec 2019

Author:
H. Claire Brown, The Intercept

USA: Amazon on-site emergency care services found violating government regulations & pressured to conceal injuries

"How Amazon’s On-Site Emergency Care Endangers the Warehouse Workers It’s Supposed to Protect", 2 December 2019

...An investigation by The Intercept and Type Investigations...found multiple instances in which clinic staffers violated Amazon’s own rules as well as government regulations. The investigation found that Amcare employees nationwide were pressured to sweep injuries and medical issues under the rug at the expense of employee health...

...According to a former OSHA medical officer and...former Amazon employees...safety managers are not required to have extensive medical training. (Amazon declined to answer specific questions about its safety managers’ training as well as other details reported in this story.)...

...At Amcare clinics across the country...staff members have made medical decisions that go beyond basic first aid...

Since 2015, Amazon workers have filed at least 10 complaints about problems at Amcare...he complaints alleged that employees were being sent back to work with no medical care after requesting treatment, that injured employees were being told they must wait two weeks to see if their conditions worsened before being seen by doctors, and that Amcare staffers were not adequately trained...