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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Sophie Sherry

Labor Department orders Amazon to review emergency preparedness plans after tragedy at downstate warehouse

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a letter Tuesday ordering Amazon to review its emergency weather procedures after six workers were killed and another severely wounded when a tornado hit a downstate warehouse in December. 

Investigators with the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined the company’s severe weather emergency procedures met “minimal federal safety guidelines for storm sheltering,” according to a statement released Tuesday. 

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