Economy Dec 13 OSHA opens investigation after Amazon warehouse collapses during tornado, killing 6 Amazon said workers at the warehouse had little time to prepare when the National Weather Service declared a tornado warning on Friday night. The tornado arrived soon after, collapsing both sides of the warehouse and caving in its roof. By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press
Economy Jul 20 Amazon to end testing for COVID-19 at warehouses this month In May, the online shopping giant said fully vaccinated warehouse workers could stop wearing face masks inside its facilities as long as they uploaded a picture of their vaccine cards to an Amazon worker app. By Joseph Pisani, Associated Press
Nation Nov 29 Watch 8:13 Investigation raises alarm about handling of worker fatality at Indiana Amazon facility Our research into never-before-public injury records from 23 Amazon warehouses across the country indicates most had injury rates higher than the industry average. One particular incident in Indiana raises questions about how regulators and government officials deal with potential safety… By Will Evans, Reveal
Nation Dec 09 Watch 6:39 After Oakland fire, a nationwide crackdown on warehouse spaces In the wake of Oakland’s fatal Ghost Ship warehouse fire, cities across the country are cracking down on safety at similar “live-work” spaces; Baltimore artist Que Pequeño was abruptly evicted this week from a building known as Bell Foundry. While… By PBS News Hour
Dec 05 Watch 5:15 Oakland’s horrific fire leads to worries for other warehouses By PBS News Hour As the death toll from Friday's Oakland warehouse fire mounts, officials are investigating how the building known as the Ghost Ship was allowed to stay open despite repeated complaints of dangerous conditions. Special correspondent Joanne Jennings interviews a survivor and… Continue watching
Aug 16 Death toll rises from massive warehouse explosion in Tianjin, China By Daniel Costa-Roberts The official death toll from the inferno and massive explosions that devastated a container port in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin has climbed to 104 on Saturday. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch New Identification Technology Raises Concerns over Privacy New radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology uses hidden tags to track nearly everything from merchandise to hospital patients but civil libertarians are worried that this technology may be misused and people's privacy violated. Continue watching