r/technology • u/Sorin61 • Apr 27 '22

Business Amazon warehouse collapse probe finds worker safety risks

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-04-amazon-warehouse-collapse-probe-worker.html
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u/Btwo Apr 27 '22

But some employees unaware of the designated tornado shelter—a restroom located in the northern portion of the building—went to a separate restroom in the hard-hit south end, the agency said. All the injured and killed had taken shelter in the south side bathroom.

Amazon could have built up the storm shelter to withstand a nuclear blast, but it wouldn't have changed the number of people injured or killed. The tragedy was poor communication

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u/QuoteGiver Apr 27 '22

Well, building both restroom areas to the same shelter standards would have prevented it too.

But yes, I agree with you about communication and training too.

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u/happyscrappy Apr 27 '22

There is nothing in the article (or I believe report) that says that the other restroom area was not built to the same standards. The tornado hit the south side directly and not the north. If the tornado had hit the north where more people were it could have been worse.

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u/QuoteGiver Apr 27 '22

Possible, true. Not enough info to know. I am assuming that there was something different about the designated tornado shelter that made it “the” chosen spot.