The Occupational Safety and Health Administration could take six months to release results of its inquiries.
. The Port Authority said at the time that the entities “mutually concluded” they couldn’t come to terms on issues with the lease. But worker advocates said the company wouldn’t commit to the labor and environmental standards they demanded, and celebrated the decision as a victory.to independently investigate employee injury rates at Amazon and determine if more enforcement is needed to keep workers safe.
Rodriguez said Amazon is growing particularly quickly in New Jersey. Five years ago, Amazon had 5,500 workers and now employs 49,000.The worker at the Carteret facility died July 13th during Amazon’s two-day Prime Day sale. Carteret officials said emergency responders transported a person to the hospital that day, but didn’t disclose additional details.
Rodriguez and other labor leaders in the state are pushing for New Jersey to require companies to form health and safety committees in their workplaces, regardless of whether they are unionized. The employee groups would monitor safety issues, communicate with managers and offer recommendations to improve working conditions.shows injury rates among New Jersey’s Amazon workers increased by 54.3% from 2020 to 2021. Nationwide, the injury rate at Amazon facilities increased by 19.6%.
She said her review of OSHA records shows the agency recorded zero New Jersey warehouse worker deaths in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
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