Amazon Settles OSHA Safety Probe with Corporate-Wide Measures

The agreement requires Amazon to address ergonomic risks across all U.S. facilities and pay a $145,000 penalty while resolving most citations.

Amazon has agreed to implement ergonomic safety measures across all its U.S. facilities, including adjustable workstations, mats, and job rotations, to address worker injury risks.
The settlement resolves nine of ten OSHA citations related to ergonomic hazards, with Amazon accepting one citation tied to handling bulky items at an Illinois warehouse.
Amazon will pay a $145,000 penalty, representing over 90% of OSHA's original fine, and submit to OSHA oversight for two years at the ten facilities cited in the investigation.
The agreement does not include an admission of wrongdoing by Amazon and does not affect a separate federal investigation into alleged concealment of workplace injury rates.
The settlement coincides with strikes at multiple Amazon facilities as workers protest wages, benefits, and safety conditions, with unions pushing for negotiations.