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CentralMass

(16,992 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 02:54 PM Thursday

Amazon worker dies on warehouse floor in Oregon. Workers were told to keep going as body stayed put

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/healthcare/articles/just-dont-look-amazon-worker-170000180.html
"A worker collapsed and died on the floor of an Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) warehouse in Troutdale, Oregon, on April 6 — and for more than an hour, employees say they were told to keep loading trucks as the body lay nearby.

The incident at Amazon's PDX9 fulfillment center was first reported by The Western Edge (1), an independent investigative outlet covering the Pacific Northwest, and confirmed by Amazon to TechCrunch (2). The worker was 46 years old, according to public records. His name and cause of death have not been disclosed."
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Amazon worker dies on warehouse floor in Oregon. Workers were told to keep going as body stayed put (Original Post) CentralMass Thursday OP
Jesus Christ! bluestarone Thursday #1
These workers scare me n/t leftstreet Thursday #2
The workers scare you ? How about the f'kng broligarchs who own these companies CentralMass Thursday #4
In what way to the workers scare you? City Lights Thursday #7
Billionaires scare me. n/t Coventina Thursday #23
W/ unexpected death you MUST leave the body where it is until coroner arrives Maru Kitteh Thursday #3
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Thursday #6
You would if you have to have that paycheck obamanut2012 Thursday #10
The point being, they shouldn't have to. paleotn Thursday #16
So 😔 sad BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #5
Got to keep the Bezos billions flowing. Vinca Thursday #8
Was nobody trained in CPR? littlemissmartypants Thursday #9
Would that have saved the worker? maxsolomon Thursday #14
Really bodes well for the future, right? enigmania Thursday #11
Boycott Amazon! Tasmanian Devil Thursday #12
I haven't ordered from Amazon in at least 4 years, canceled Prime MerryBlooms Thursday #19
That was an eye-opening article. Prof. Toru Tanaka Thursday #22
Been doing it for a few years now. So glad I'm done with Amazon!! Coventina Thursday #24
Bezos, be dying continously in the frozen depths of hell as its limbs move about in many directions dave99 Thursday #13
This is the second time I've read of a death... GiqueCee Thursday #15
He should die slowly in agony, the bald bastard. paleotn Thursday #17
Alone and despised... GiqueCee Thursday #18
Cart him into his original warehouse... Cardboard box, 2 week old flowers tossed...Sneef MerryBlooms Thursday #20
Unionize Kid Berwyn Thursday #21

City Lights

(25,918 posts)
7. In what way to the workers scare you?
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 03:54 PM
Thursday

The ones that are continuing to work around a corpse?

The billionaires scare me.

Maru Kitteh

(31,865 posts)
3. W/ unexpected death you MUST leave the body where it is until coroner arrives
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 03:00 PM
Thursday

Doesn’t mean you have to order people to keep working though!

Response to Maru Kitteh (Reply #3)

obamanut2012

(29,415 posts)
10. You would if you have to have that paycheck
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 05:20 PM
Thursday

To pay bills, to support your family. Many single moms work there.

paleotn

(22,413 posts)
16. The point being, they shouldn't have to.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 05:53 PM
Thursday

Many of them probably knew the deceased. Perhaps well. Seems we're right back to The Jungle.

maxsolomon

(38,912 posts)
14. Would that have saved the worker?
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 05:43 PM
Thursday

Most warehouses like that are going to have CPR-trained staff AND a defibrillator.

People die of other stuff besides heart attacks, though.

MerryBlooms

(12,327 posts)
19. I haven't ordered from Amazon in at least 4 years, canceled Prime
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:01 PM
Thursday

We just no longer needed the service. Then, all the political garbage came flowing. I watch YouTube, but not a fancy member. Took weeks for the idiotic Melania movie to stop being advertised. My main go to; We Rate Dogs, Kimmel, Colbert, SNL... None of those are in Melania wheelhouse, but Bezos paid a massive amount of money for a short time to flood YouTube.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,937 posts)
22. That was an eye-opening article.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:05 PM
Thursday

It made me extra grateful I had a government job (now retired) with union representation.

Along with DU, Mother Jones is one of my favorite progressive sites.

I am glad the author got to go back to her regular job and life. But there are many others who are trapped in jobs like these with lousy pay, terrible working conditions and having to deal with a company policy and attitude that is downright dehumanizing.

dave99

(72 posts)
13. Bezos, be dying continously in the frozen depths of hell as its limbs move about in many directions
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 05:39 PM
Thursday

GiqueCee

(4,444 posts)
15. This is the second time I've read of a death...
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 05:51 PM
Thursday

... in an Amazon warehouse that was treated so callously. I'm betting there have been more that just weren't publicized.
I hope that Bozo Bezos' demise is treated at least as badly.

MerryBlooms

(12,327 posts)
20. Cart him into his original warehouse... Cardboard box, 2 week old flowers tossed...Sneef
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:03 PM
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Kid Berwyn

(24,688 posts)
21. Unionize
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:05 PM
Thursday

As they are not afraid of losing their jobs ("Pedophile Protector!" ), members of an organized workforce can stop in respect of a dead brother or sister. And unions do a generally good job of making sure their members are not worked to death or in dangerous conditions.

Geez, Bezos.

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