In his final letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the company will be as obsessed with worker satisfaction as it is with customers.
It is implementing new tools to prevent musculoskeletal disorders, which are one of the leading workplace injuries in the U.S. and affect 1.71 billion people globally, according to the World Health Organization
A combination of training, rotational jobs cycles, robots and wearable devices can help prevent MSDs, according to experts and doctors.
In his final letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos urged a deep dive into musculoskeletal disorders, which account for about 40% of work-related injuries across the company and affect millions of workers globally across sectors. It is often synonymous with jobs in manufacturing and places like warehouses.
Of course, Amazon’s treatment of its employees has become a high-profile issue, from the recent union battle in an Alabama warehouse to conditions for its essential workers during the pandemic. And it has been cited for a high incidence of workplace injuries in recent years, though the company has said in the past that it also reports more workplace incidents than peers due to a more proactive safety culture.