An Amazon worker reportedly collapsed and died on the floor of the Oregon warehouse while his colleagues were told not to look and get back to their work, the Western Edge reported and claimed that the company tried to keep a lid on the April 6 incident. The outlet also got a statement from Amazon in which they expressed deep sadness at the passing of a member during work.
The report cited the 911 calls in which one employee said that the person who fell to the ground had extensive blood coming from the head. It said that while the man lay dead for more than an hour, the work in the facility was going on as usual, as workers were instructed to continue fetching, picking, loading items and the management was deliberating what to do next. All workers who spoke to Western Edge sought anonymity and they claimed that even after a week, they did not know how the man, believed to be 46 years old from office records, died.
