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OSHA investigating deaths of three Amazon workers at N.J. warehouses

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating the deaths of three workers at Amazon warehouses in New Jersey in the past month.

The first worker’s death coincided with the retailer’s Prime Day sales event. On July 13 around 8 a.m, emergency services responded to a call from a warehouse in Carteret, New Jersey. The worker died on his way to the hospital.

On July 24, a worker was injured in an incident at a warehouse in Robbinsville Township, and died on July 27.

In a statement to the Associated Press, Robbinsville Police Chief Michael Polaski said officers responded to a call from the warehouse.