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Amazon Dismissed Warnings On High Rates Of Worker Injuries, Report Says
ityAmazon is under fire following a US Senate report accusing the company of prioritizing speed over worker safety. Released by the majority staff of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee late Sunday night, Dec. 15, the report claims Amazon’s intense focus on productivity has led to unsafe working conditions. The Senate report outlines how Amazon’s warehouse workers face high rates of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and other injuries caused by repetitive tasks and demanding quotas. It accuses Amazon of knowingly exposing employees to these risks, …
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Goods Disposal Worker Injured In West Earl Township Crash: Police
A Goods Disposal worker was injured in an early-morning crash in West Earl Township, authorities announced on Monday, Dec. 9. The incident happened at 5:30 a.m. outside 225 South State Street, when a 34-year-old male worker had just stepped off a trash disposal truck to begin loading duties, according to the West Earl Township Police Department. He was struck by a 2015 GMC pickup truck, sustaining multiple injuries. The worker was transported to Lancaster General Hospital, where he is currently listed in stable condition, police said. His name is being withheld to protect his privacy. The …
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Bushkill Township Employee Drowns In Riding Mower Accident: Northampton Co. Coroner
A Bushkill Township groundskeeper died after being pinned under a riding mower on Tuesday morning, according to officials. Louis 'Lou' Nagy, 74 of the 800 Block of Bushkill Center Road, was mowing township property near Albert Ponds Preserve along Albert Road when the fatal accident happened. Lou was just starting to cut the grass "along the bank of one of the ponds when the mower tipped over with the operator still on its seat resulting in him being pinned beneath the tractor in the pond," he Northampton County Coroner's Office stated in a release. A coroner was…
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Holiday Inn Worker ID'd After Fatal Fall Into Hole: Lancaster Officials
A fall into a open grate hole has left a worker dead at a Pennsylvania Holdiay Inn on Sunday, officials say. Alexei Rodriguez-Balceiro, 42 of the 430 block of East King Street in Lancaster, died at 3:20 p.m. following multiple attempts to save his life after he was pulled unconcious from an air vent shaft, the Lancaster City Bureau of Police and the County Coroner's Office announced on Monday. The Lancaster City Bureau of Fire was called to the hotel located at 26 East Chestnut Street in Lancaster at 2:53 p.m. on June 9, according to a release by the police. The hotel…
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Construction Worker Takes Fatal 9-Story Fall In Pittsburgh: Officials
A construction worker fell from the scaffolding on the exterior of the ninth floor of a building in Pittsburgh on Thursday, May 30, officials with the office of public safety announced later that morning. The worker fell from the building that was under construction in the 400 block of Melwood Avenue in the North Oakland neighborhood just before 8 a.m., according to PPS. Pittsburgh Police, Fire, and EMS were called to the scene where the man pronounced dead at 8:01 a.m. after suffering "grave injuries," officials said. PPS also released the following statement reading in part: "Pittsburgh…
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