Amazon CEO says there's no "silver bullet" for curbing worker injuries
CBSN
Amazon doesn't have a "silver bullet" to curtail the repetitive stress, strains and other injuries that plague its frontline workers, but the company is striving to improve safety, CEO Andy Jassy said on Thursday.
Jassy's pledge came in his first letter to shareholders since succeeding Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as chief executive, and only days after the release of a report that found nearly half of all injuries in U.S. warehouses last year happened at Amazon.
Amazon critics have raised concerns about the grinding physical toll and injury risks of working in one of its fulfillment centers. The company employs a third of U.S. warehouse workers, but is "responsible for nearly one-half (49 percent) of all injuries in the warehouse industry," according to the Strategic Organizing Center, a coalition of unions.
