Amazon has made a listing for probably the most harmful workplaces within the US for a 3rd time. The advocacy group National COSH (Council for Occupational Safety and Health) has included Amazon in a “Dirty Dozen” checklist meant to disgrace what it sees because the least protected American workplaces of 2022. The web retailer earned the less-than-flattering distinction for an damage fee greater than double the trade common, together with six deaths at a Bessemer, Alabama warehouse because it opened in 2020.

National COSH famous that one of many staff who died was reportedly pressured to work whereas in poor health as he did not have sufficient unpaid day off. It additionally pointed to employee Jennifer Bates’ issues that the “pace of work” and total pressure contributed to accidents. The advocates additionally pointed to Amazon firing Staten Island warehouse employee Gerald Bryson after a 2020 protest over an absence of COVID-19 security measures. A decide just lately ordered Amazon to reinstate Bryson after figuring out that he’d been fired in retaliation for his criticism.

We’ve requested Amazon for remark. It has traditionally denied placing staff at undue danger, and maintains that Bryson was fired for violating firm language insurance policies regardless of an absence of proof. Amazon additionally made the checklist in 2019 and 2020. Other firms on the 2022 checklist embrace Dollar General, Hilton Hotels and Starbucks.

National COSH’s checklist will not have any direct repercussions for Amazon. However, it isn’t a superb search for the tech agency after a string of allegations and incidents past those that helped it attain the checklist. The firm has been chastised for working an Illinois warehouse throughout a twister that killed six staffers in December. Workers’ rights proponents have additionally accused Amazon of misusing a charity work program to cover its true damage charges, and Bryson wasn’t the primary supposedly fired for criticizing labor practices. We would not depend on Amazon avoiding the 2023 checklist, even whether it is attempting to enhance security.