Incident 125: Amazon’s Robotic Fulfillment Centers Have Higher Serious Injury Rates
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GMF Taxonomy Classifications
Taxonomy DetailsKnown AI Goal
Robotic Manipulation, Activity Tracking, Automatic Skill Assessment
Potential AI Technology
Visual Object Detection
Known AI Technical Failure
Tuning Issues
Potential AI Technical Failure
Lack of Capability Control
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Robots. Prime Day. Holiday peak. Internal records show Amazon has deceived the public on rising injury rates among its warehouse workers.
On Cyber Monday 2014, Amazon operations chief Dave Clark proudly unveiled the company’s new warehouse …
Amazon’s warehouse injury rates have been secret for years despite mounting public concerns over labor practices and lack of worker safety. With access to a trove of new internal records, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting i…
Warehouse workers in California are one step closer to being able to pee in peace. Yesterday, the state Senate voted 26 to 11 to pass AB 701, a bill aimed squarely at Amazon and other warehousing companies that track worker productivity. Th…
