DOL Must Hand Over Amazon Safety Data to Journalism Outlet (1)

The U.S. Labor Department must give an investigative journalism organization unredacted safety records related to Amazon.com Inc. warehouses in two states within 14 days of a federal court order.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim in San Francisco directed the department to turn over those illness and injury records in a July 6 ruling.

The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Investigative Reporting and journalist Will Evans last year after the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a Labor Department subagency, had denied their Freedom of Information Act request, citing exemptions to public disclosure requirements.

CIR’s Sept. 5 FOIA suit ...