Robot Punctures Can of Bear Repellant At Amazon Warehouse, Sickening Workers

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2. This Wasn't Even Amazon's First Bear Repellent Accident

Source: Wired

LOUISE MATSAKIS BUSINESS 12.06.1807:36 PM

THIS WASN'T EVEN AMAZON'S FIRST BEAR REPELLENT ACCIDENT

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But things get much stranger when you realize this isn’t the first time a can of bear repellent has exploded in an Amazon facility. In 2015, the fire department responded to an accident at an Amazon facility in Haslet, Texas, that was caused by a robot running over a can of none other than bear repellent, according to public records unearthed by Jessica Bruder for her book Nomadland, which chronicles the lives of the retail giant’s older, transient workforce.

The New Jersey incident wasn’t even the first bear repellent accident at an Amazon facility in 2018! One employee at an Amazon warehouse in Indiana told WIRED that a can ruptured in his facility earlier this year. The worker says that accident was caused by someone dropping the can and they believe no injuries occurred. They think the way the product is packaged may be the issue; the employee adds that they, too, have dropped the repellent, though in their case it didn’t rupture. “It’s a clamshell that pops open when you pick it up,” says the employee. “What I can say is that our safety people are on it and they are top-notch.”

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Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-first-bear-repellent-accident/