In recognizing that working in an Amazon fulfillment center is more hazardous than other types of warehouse work, Washington state’s labor agency announced Monday it will boost the commerce giant’s workers’ compensation premium rates by 15% starting Jan. 1. The new rates will be higher than more than 260 other industries, including mechanized logging and law enforcement. Previously the Department of Labor had calculated premium rates for Amazon's fulfillment centers in a manner similar to other warehouses. This change acknowledges that fulfillment centers are distinctly different than warehouses.
See "Workers’ Comp Rates to Rise in Amazon’s Washington Fulfillment Centers Due to Hazards", Katherine Khashimova Long, Seattle Times, December 7, 2020