mo4ch:>Hundreds of staff injured at Amazon UK warehouses, GMB claims

Hundreds of staff injured at Amazon UK warehouses, GMB claimsHundreds of staff injured at Amazon UK warehouses, GMB claims18 February 2020 Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage captionThe number of health and safety incidents reported at Amazon warehouses is on the riseHundreds of workers have been seriously injured or narrowly escaped an accident at Amazon's UK warehouses over the last three years, new figures claim.GMB union numbers show 240 reports of serious injury or near misses were sent to the Health and Safety Executive last year, and 622 over three years.Amazon is currently running a TV advertising campaign highlighting contented staff.It said critics were determined to present a "false picture".The GMB obtained the figures via Freedom of Information requests. For injuries to be included in the figures they need to be serious enough to stop a worker performing their normal duties for at least seven days, or be on a list including fractures, amputation, crushing, scalpi…