New workplace injury data from an Ontario crown agency shows Amazon was ordered to pay out nearly $5 million in connection with over 1,300 workplace injuries last year. co/vRpa0wCvlM #canlabNovember 29, 2021>Amazon says it is unable to “fact-check” public WSIB data on workplace injuriesIn a statement, Maureen Lynch Vogel, head of Global Public Relations and Media Relations for Amazon, said the publicly-sourced data from the WSIB does not provide her with “enough information to fully fact-check” workplace injuries at Amazon’s Ontario facilities. Prior to the pandemic, The Star found Amazon challenged almost 80% of serious injury claims filed in this period, arguing “no proof of accident,” an “unclear mechanism of injury” or a “pre-existing condition