‘Get back to work’: Amazon faces fresh scrutiny over workplace safety record

Amazon faces renewed scrutiny over workplace safety after two worker deaths were linked to alleged managerial pressure to return to work quickly. In 2019, Billy Foister died of a heart attack at a warehouse, and in October 2023, a worker in Troutdale, Oregon, died at a distribution center. Amazon denied claims of pressuring employees, citing pre-existing medical conditions in both cases.