Amazon Workplace Safety Inspections Were Weeks in the Making

High-level OSHA officials and sometimes federal prosecutors held numerous meetings related to workplace safety issues at Amazon.com Inc. warehouses in the weeks and months leading up to Monday’s inspections, records obtained by Bloomberg Law show.

The inspections of Amazon distribution centers near New York City, Chicago, and Orlando, Fla., were the culmination of weekly Occupational Safety and Health Administration meetings that started in May, according to agency meeting calendars obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

The US Attorney’s Office said in a statement Monday that the civil division is investigating potential worker safety hazards at Amazon warehouses nationwide and ...