News / Amazon faces more scrutiny as US authorities probe workplace safety

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Amazon is in hot water over the handling of hazardous materials in its warehouses, accused of providing inadequate hazmat training to warehouse staff and “sacrificing thoroughness for speed, jeopardising staff health”.

A report in the Seattle Times, Amazon’s home base, has brought to light a citation served by Washington State’s Department of Labor & Industries (DLI) after a complaint at Amazon’s facility in Spokane.

This involved an employee who had noticed that a container of mould remover was leaking and was ordered ...