Does Amazon Have Canaries?
December 27, 2021
I read “‘There’s No Moment of Silence’: What Happened after 2 Amazon Employees Reportedly Died within Hours of Each Other.” If accurate, two employees in an Amazon Alabama facility expired. When I saw the headline, I thought about the death of six Amazon workers in a company warehouse. “Amazon Criticized Over Safety at Tornado-Hit Warehouse” describes what happened. Today is December 23. I think that means that in the last week and a half, reports of eight Amazon worker deaths have reached Harrods Creek, Kentucky. Kentucky is semi familiar with work related deaths. The coal mines were noted for their safety track records. Some of those old fashioned safety conscious operations relied on canaries to alert the happy workers that a problem existed: Dead bird, bad air. Has Amazon considered canaries — either digital or with feathers — for its facilities?
Stephen E Arnold, December 27, 2021
Comments
-
- Subscribe to Beyond Search
Feature archive
News archive
-
