Half of Amazon’s warehouse workers are injured after just 3 years, according to study
More than two-thirds of Amazon U.S. warehouse workers surveyed by researchers reported that they took unpaid time off to recover from pain or exhaustion sustained on the job.
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00:00 Half of Amazon's U.S. warehouse workers are injured after just three years.
00:04 According to a new study, more than two-thirds of warehouse workers reported that they took
00:08 unpaid time off to recover from pain or exhaustion sustained on the job.
00:12 The data from the University of Illinois Chicago Center for Urban Economic Development
00:16 suggests injury and pain at Amazon are far more widespread than previously known.
00:20 The report gathered responses from 1,484 warehouse workers in 451 facilities.
00:26 Critics say Amazon pushes employees to work too hard too quickly, leading to avoidable injuries.
00:32 Employees also suffered work-related mental health issues.
00:35 But a spokesperson for Amazon said the report was not a study and claims it's
00:39 a survey done on social media by groups with an ulterior motive.