A WORKER at an Amazon warehouse where employees warned about a lack of social distancing has died of the coronavirus.
The man was employed at the e-commerce giant’s facility at Jeffersonville, Indiana and comes as another of the company’s workers in the state also died of Covid-19.
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The deaths come after an increasing number of claims about health and safety during the coronavirus crisis were made by employees.
Amazon has been enjoyed 28 per cent increase revenue during the coronavirus crisis, though its profits have been hit by the spending $4bn in response to the outbreak
A worker at the Jeffersonville warehouse told Business Insider that managers would huddle around small tables, apparently failing to maintain social distancing.
The employee who died was at the facility on April 1, around the time the website reported the social distancing concern.
Soon after Amazon reported its first confirmed case of an employee infected with the coronavirus.
“We are saddened by the loss of an associate who had worked at our site in Jeffersonville,” Amazon spokesperson Timothy Carter said.
“His family and loved ones are in our thoughts, and we are supporting his fellow colleagues.”
The company also confirmed that confirmed on Friday that one worker at the Amazon IND 8 returns facility on Girls School Road in Indianapolis also died, The Indianapolis Star reports.
The latest deaths bring to at least seven the number of Covid-19 fatalities of Amazon workers, amid concerns workers are being silenced for raising safety concerns.
A group of 13 US attorneys general has asked Amazon to provide data on coronavirus-related deaths and infections among its workforce, along with evidence of the firm’s compliance with paid sick leave laws.
A former worker claims she was fired in seconds after being “silenced” for raising coronavirus concerns and warehouse worker safety issues.
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Maren Costa said the company let her go after she started raising awareness about workplace conditions during the COVID-19 crisis.
The company has said it has increased social distancing measures, checking employee temperatures provided some protective equipment such as masks and enhanced its deep cleaning.
It comes as software review site Comparisun claimed Jeff Bezos is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire, within five years.
But Forbes has quashed the analysis, dismissing it as “months old” while adding that “Bezos has a long way to go to become the world’s first trillionaire.
“At time of publication, Forbes values the 56-year-old’s net worth to be $144billion.
Forbes agrees, though, that “Amazon is predicted to be one of the winners of the pandemic, as demand for online shopping, streaming and delivery services [soars].”
Bezos made the publication’s famous list of 400 wealthiest Americans back in 1998 – four years after he launched Amazon.
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