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The Mental Health Toll of Amazon Warehouse Work
Abstract
The emergency call is among at least 207 made for suicide attempts, suicidal thoughts, and other mental health episodes in Amazon warehouses nationwide during the past five years, according to 911 call logs, ambulance and police reports obtained under open records requests. The reports are for 48 Amazon warehouses spanning close to 20 states across the country, roughly half of the sorting and fulfillment centers that comprise Amazon’s network inside the United States. Jurisdictions for other Amazon warehouses either did not have any reports or declined requests for similar logs.
This paper has been withdrawn.
