Amazon cited for workplace safety violations in Idaho

NAMPA, Idaho – Amazon has reached an informal settlement with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for unsafe workplace conditions at its new, temporary distribution center.

OSHA cited the company in March with four violations, including failing to log an injury to a worker that required treatment beyond first aid.

The modular distribution center went up in November in Nampa, Idaho.

It is serving as a temporary location for Amazon as it prepares to build a 2.6 million-square-foot distribution center. Packages are brought to the logistics center to be loaded into Amazon-branded trucks and delivered to local homes and businesses.

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