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Lauren Rosenblatt

Fine with fines? Amazon isn't making enough changes to protect warehouse workers, Washington state says

Amazon and Washington's workplace safety watchdog are trapped in a cycle.

Citation. Appeal. Repeat.

Regulators with the state's Department of Labor and Industries have cited and fined Amazon four times in the past 11 months — a total of $81,000 — for alleged violations of workplace safety laws, accusing the company of setting an unsafe pace that puts employees at risk as they quickly move package after package.

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