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Amazon staff injuries spike in build up to key shopping dates, finds GMB study
A view of customer orders ready for dispatch at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
AMAZON worker injuries spike in the build up to key shopping dates, a GMB study reveals.
The union’s analysis of ambulance callouts to warehouses belonging to the US-owned online retail giant shows an increase before Prime Day, which takes place today, November’s Black Friday and Christmas.
In total, between 2015 and 2018, ambulance callouts to the transnational’s warehouses topped 600, with a similar number of serious injuries or near misses recorded, the GMB says.
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