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Amazon, facing questions over workplacesafety, also probed on bank dealings

3 min read 22 Jan 2023, 07:11 PM IST Richard Vanderford , The Wall Street Journal

The US Attorney is looking into whether what Amazon told lenders about labor law compliance might have defrauded them, applying a law originally aimed at the savings-and-loan industry

The Labor Department in December cited Amazon at six of its warehouses for not adequately reporting injuries and this week cited three company facilities, saying workers were exposed to ergonomic or equipment hazards

The US government is looking into whether Amazon.com Inc. might have misled lenders about its workplace safety record to obtain credit, using a law stemming from the savings-and-loan crisis in a legal move a lawyer for the company called “unprecedented."