Investigate and Inspect the Myriad of Health and Safety Violations Instacart Regularly Commits
OSHA
According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Workers have the right to:
Working conditions that do not pose a risk of serious harm.
Receive information and training (in a language and vocabulary the worker understands) about workplace hazards, methods to prevent them, and the OSHA standards that apply to their workplace.
Review records of work-related injuries and illnesses.
File a complaint asking OSHA to inspect their workplace if they believe there is a serious hazard or that their employer is not following OSHA's rules. OSHA will keep all identities confidential.
Exercise their rights under the law without retaliation, including reporting an injury or raising health and safety concerns with their employer or OSHA.
Instacart Shoppers are routinely expected to fulfill and deliver orders that pose a risk to our health and safety. Instacart provides its misclassified Shoppers with no training or equipment to ensure safe working conditions. Instacart imposes no weight or volume restrictions on orders, which often require Shoppers transport unsafe commercial weights in personal, non-commercial vehicles. The average sedan can safely transport a load capacity of around 800 lbs. including the weight of the driver. Transporting weights in excess of the load capacity of a vehicle can pose immense risks to the safety of both the vehicle operator and other motorists.
Instacart lists the ability to lift 50 lbs with or without accommodation as a basic requirement. However, Shoppers routinely encounter situations in which we are expected to lift over 1000 lbs during a single delivery, at times delivery locations can be located up several flights of stairs. Shoppers are often expected to fulfill and deliver orders in hazardous and inclimate weather.
Additionally, Instacart does not require Shoppers obtain or maintain a food handlers card or certification. Shoppers are neither provided temperature regulating insulated bags, nor are they required to utilize them. Inadequate training and regulation especially around the transportation of temperature-sensitive perishable foods can lead to foodborne illness.
Instacart Shoppers are calling upon OSHA to investigate and inspect the myriad of health and safety violations Instacart regularly commits.
Petition by
To:
OSHA
From:
[Your Name]
We, the undersigned, are all shoppers for Instacart. We are the individuals who shop for and deliver the groceries. We serve as the heart and soul and the public face of Instacart.
According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Workers have the right to:
Working conditions that do not pose a risk of serious harm.
Receive information and training (in a language and vocabulary the worker understands) about workplace hazards, methods to prevent them, and the OSHA standards that apply to their workplace.
Review records of work-related injuries and illnesses.
File a complaint asking OSHA to inspect their workplace if they believe there is a serious hazard or that their employer is not following OSHA's rules. OSHA will keep all identities confidential.
Exercise their rights under the law without retaliation, including reporting an injury or raising health and safety concerns with their employer or OSHA.
Instacart Shoppers are routinely expected to fulfill and deliver orders that pose a risk to our health and safety. Instacart provides its misclassified Shoppers with no training or equipment to ensure safe working conditions. Instacart imposes no weight or volume restrictions on orders, which often require Shoppers transport unsafe commercial weights in personal, non-commercial vehicles. The average sedan can safely transport a load capacity of around 800 lbs. including the weight of the driver. Transporting weights in excess of the load capacity of a vehicle can pose immense risks to the safety of both the vehicle operator and other motorists.
Instacart lists the ability to lift 50 lbs with or without accommodation as a basic requirement. However, Shoppers routinely encounter situations in which we are expected to lift over 1000 lbs during a single delivery, at times delivery locations can be located up several flights of stairs. Shoppers are often expected to fulfill and deliver orders in hazardous and inclimate weather.
Additionally Instacart does not require Shoppers obtain or maintain a food handlers card or certification. Shoppers are neither provided temperature regulating insulated bags, nor are they required to utilize them. Inadequate training and regulation especially around the transportation of temperature-sensitive perishable foods can lead to foodborne illness.
Instacart Shoppers are calling upon OSHA to investigate and inspect the myriad health and safety violations Instacart regularly commits.