An Amazon worker in Oregon died on the job last month, and his coworkers were told to look away and keep working.¹ Amazon workers in Garner, NC told us that a coworker showing signs of a stroke was sent home instead of being called an ambulance; he died the next day.²

And just days ago, on Mother’s Day, an Amazon employee in Ohio died at work. He was thirty-nine years old. His family is seeking answers, but Amazon is keeping them in the dark. “Amazon refused to talk to me,” his grieving mother told local news.³

Through it all, Amazon workers have told us that can’t call 911 without fear of retaliation when emergencies happen on the job. That has to stop. Tell Amazon’s VP of Workplace Safety to make it clear to all workers that they can call 911 in an emergency without fear of retaliation.

While workers report to us that they can’t call 911 on the job, Amazon disagrees, and jumped right into our Instagram comments⁴ to say so:

Amazon workers say they can’t call 911 on the job. Amazon insists they can. Even if that policy exists, if workers or managers don’t know about it, how real is it?

Good thing there’s an easy fix for this: Amazon just needs to communicate–outside of our comments section.

Tell Amazon to clearly communicate to all workers that they can call 911 in an emergency! Send a message to Amazon’s VP of Workplace Safety, Sarah Rhoads, demanding that Amazon publicly clarify their 911 policy and use the company’s A to Z app to notify all employees that they can call 911 without fear of retaliation.

Sources:

¹ https://www.thewesternedge.media/p/everyone-is-replaceable-death-rattles
² https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXb5OJWkbLP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
³ https://www.cleveland19.com/video/2026/05/12/amazon-employee-dies-northeast-ohio-fulfillment-center-family-wants-answers/
⁴ https://www.instagram.com/p/DXuHc62mZC-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==