Amazon warehouse injuries '80% higher' than competitors, report claims

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Employees at US Amazon warehouses are injured at a higher rate than those doing similar jobs at other companies’ warehouses, a new report has found.

A union-backed study of safety data found Amazon workers had 5.9 serious injuries per 100 people – almost 80% higher than the rest of the industry.

The study’s organisers blamed Amazon’s “obsession with speed” as a main cause of the problem.

It is the latest in a string of controversies

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