Occupational health and safety administrationOSHAfor its acronym in English), quoted Amazons This Wednesday for failing to provide a free workplace dangerous for your employeesafter inspections at three warehouses found that employees were exposed ergonomic risk.

According to Reuters, the risk is due to the high frequency with which workers have to lift heavy packages, adopt awkward postures, such as twisting, bending and stretching a lot when lifting objects, and working long hours to perform their tasks.

ABC News reported that this is not the first time Amazon has faced OSGA, as this will be the second subpoena issued following referrals from federal prosecutors in New York who have investigated workplace complaints.

“Amazon is becoming the largest online retailer in the country thanks in large part to the hundreds of thousands of Americans who work each year in Amazon’s massive warehouses. Each of these workers has the right to a workplace free from serious security risks. US Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement Wednesday.

Kelly Nantel, a spokeswoman for Amazon, told ABC News: “We take the safety and health of our employees very seriously, and we disagree with these allegations and intend to appeal them. We have fully cooperated and the government’s allegations do not reflect reality. on our site.”

He went on to say that, over the last few months, they had reduced their injury rate by nearly 15% between 2019 and 2021.

According to CNBC, Amazon faces a total of $60,269 in proposed penalties for this violation.

In turn, in December, OSHA cited Amazon for failing to record injuries and illnesses, or recording them late, misclassifying them, and failing to provide timely injuries and illness records. For this, the company was fined more than $29,000 for the violation.