Although no citations will be issued, the U.S. Labor Department has ordered Amazon to review how it responds to severe weather following a deadly warehouse collapse in Illinois. Six workers were killed when a tornado struck the Edwardsville facility last December. Jack Casciato, an attorney representing the family of a worker killed in the collapse, says the tragedy was preventable.
Investigators also found the warehouse’s emergency plan listed responses to events that don’t happen in Southern Illinois, like a hurricane. Casciato is hopeful other companies around Illinois can learn from the tragic event.
An Amazon spokesperson said the company did what it could to usher employees to safety as the tornado rolled in.
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