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Amazon, the second-largest private employer in the United States, is also a leader in another category: how often its warehouse workers are injured.

New OSHA data showed those jobs can be more dangerous than at comparable warehouses. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

In 2020, for every 200,000 hours worked at an Amazon warehouse in the U.S. — the equivalent of 100 employees working full time for a year — there were 5.9 serious incidents, according to the OSHA data.

That’s nearly double the rate of non-Amazon warehouses.

Bobby Gosvener’s serious injury, a herniated disc, was among more than 24,400 reported cases at 638 Amazon warehouses in 2020.

More than 10,800 injuries resulted in employees missing work while they recovered, according to the OSHA data. wapo.st/3vJon8N

“We don’t set unreasonable performance goals,” Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who owns The Post, wrote in a letter to shareholders in April, in which he addressed workplace safety issues. wapo.st/3vJon8N

The e-commerce giant pushes many of its warehouse staff — particularly those at fulfillment centers, sorting centers and delivery stations — to meet hourly rates to stow, pick and pack items. Critics say those metrics are too onerous and lead to injuries. wapo.st/3vJon8N