Amazon employee dies at New Jersey warehouse during Prime Day, prompting federal probe
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An Amazon employee died at one of the company's New Jersey fulfillment centers last week during Prime Day, a massive annual sales event that incentivizes people to order in abundance from the online retail giant. The incident prompted a federal investigation led by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a regulatory branch of the U.S. Department of Labor that evaluates and enforces workplace safety standards.
Most details surrounding the worker's death have not been released, nor was the individual identified by name in reports that surfaced this week about the incident. Dave Jamieson, a HuffPost journalist who focuses on labor and first broke the news, confirmed that the employee died at Amazon's EWR9 fulfillment center in Carteret. The Middlesex County borough is located in northeastern New Jersey along the Hudson River, opposite Staten Island and lower Manhattan.
Amazon's latest mega-sale took place on July 12 and July 13. A spokesperson for Amazon, Sam Stephenson, addressed the worker's death in a statement and said the company is offering supportive services to the person's family, as well as other Amazon employees.
