Amazon brushed off internal warnings about worker injuries, Senate probe finds [Video]

Amazon knew of the link between increased worker injuries and the company’s production quotas, but its executives allegedly rejected safety recommendations to loosen its mandates, an investigation by lawmakers found.

The findings are based on Internal Amazon documents compiled by the Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor and Pensions, which is chaired by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. 

“The shockingly dangerous working conditions at Amazon’s warehouses revealed in this 160-page report are beyond unacceptable,” Sanders said in a statement. “Amazon’s executives repeatedly chose to put profits ahead of the health and safety of its workers by ignoring recommendations that would substantially reduce injuries.”

Amazon disputes the findings and accused Sanders of misrepresenting the company’s safety record. 

The “report is wrong on the facts and weaves together out-of-date-documents and unverifiable anecdotes to create a preconceived narrative,” a company spokesperson said.

According to the Senate panel, Amazon in 2021 began studying the impact of …