Amazon Is Caught in Wave of Federal, State Worker Safety Cases

Amazon.com Inc. faces a flurry of upcoming legal hearings as the online retailer defends its worker safety practices in federal and state courts.

The outcome of the hearings could, in part, determine whether the company will be ordered to reconfigure its distribution centers—changes that could cost millions of dollars—and rethink how workers go about handling packages.

Attorneys from the US Department of Justice and Amazon are set to set to meet with a federal magistrate judge April 18 to discuss Amazon’s progress complying with subpoenas and other requests from the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the US Attorney’s ...