The agency issued a second Hazard Alert Letter for failure to ensure employees received medical treatment. OSHA learned during its investigation of the Logan Township warehouse that Amazon failed to ensure injured employees received proper medical care for their workplace injuries.

OSHA cites employers for ergonomics hazards using its authority under the General Duty Clause (§5(a)(1)) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

There is no federal ergonomics standard the Clinton administration’s eleventh-hour ergonomics regulation was repealed under the Congressional Review Act in 2001. OSHA cited Amazon for ergonomic hazards, proposing penalties totaling $15,625, and issued a Hazard Alert Letter regarding additional ergonomic hazards in the warehouse. An Amazon warehouse in Logan Township, New Jersey, required employees to perform tasks leading to bodily stress that had caused or was likely to cause musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced August 3.

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