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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Andrew Kersley

Ambulances called to Amazon’s UK warehouses 1,400 times in five years

View from above of the interior of a large warehouse, showing huge stacks of boxes
Amazon's fulfilment centre at Kingston Park in Peterborough. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

Ambulances have been called out to Amazon warehouses more than 1,400 times in the past five years, the Observer can reveal. The figures, which were described as shocking by the GMB trade union, raise fresh questions about safety at the American giant’s UK workplaces.

Amazon centres in Dunfermline and Bristol had the most ambulance callouts in Britain, listing 161 and 125 across the period respectively.

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