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[tomh009]

[Amazon has a solid track record of a much higher rate of workplace industry than the average in their warehouses.

On average, half the companies are higher than the average.

(Yeah, OK, that would actually be the median, but the point is the same -- lots of companies either way.)

This is from the G&M:

Before the pandemic hit, Ontario, B.C. and Alberta data show Amazon had higher-than-average injury rates. The company had 430 allowed injury claims in Ontario alone last year, according to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.

As for cause of injury, the data show, the most common factor was overexertion.

The most common injury cause is pretty much what one would expect in a warehouse. From the few sentences here, I can't really tell how much worse they would be than another warehouse operation. (Having worked in a factory warehouse in my youth, I know that it's no fun and the opportunities for injury are everywhere.)