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Feds Investigate 3 Deaths In 3 Weeks At NJ Amazon Facilities: OSHA Feds Investigate 3 Deaths In 3 Weeks At NJ Amazon Facilities: OSHA
Feds Investigate 3 Deaths In 3 Weeks At NJ Amazon Facilities: Osha Federal officials are investigating the deaths of three Amazon workers who died within three weeks of each other at facilities in New Jersey.  The deaths occurred between July 13 and Aug. 4, according to the regional director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Leni Fortson, Regional Director of Public Affairs, confirmed OSHA is investigating the following: A worker fatality on July 13 at an Amazon facility in Carteret An accident on July 24 at an Amazon facility in Robbinsville. The worker died on July 27. A worker fatality on Aug. 4 at an Amazon facility in…

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Amazon Workers Demand Details In Colleague's Death, Some Info Released: NBC NJ Amazon Workers Demand Details In Colleague's Death, Some Info Released: NBC
NJ Amazon Workers Demand Details In Colleague's Death, Some Info Released: NBC Amazon employees who worked alongside the man who collapsed and died during the company's Prime Day shopping rush at a New Jersey warehouse are demanding answers, NBC reports. While some staffers speculated that the death was work-related, Amazon spokesperson Sam Stephenson told the outlet that the incident was related to a personal medical condition, and ruled out working conditions as a culprit and disputed labor leaders’ account of the timeline. The worker, identified only as Rafael, experienced chest pains the evening before his shift on Wednesday, July 13, but didn't tell colleagues o…

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by Cecilia Levine & Eli M. Rosenberg (NBC News)