SHAREHOLDERPROPOSALS ITEM9—SHAREHOLDERPROPOSALREQUESTINGAREPORTONWORKERHEALTHAND SAFETYDIFFERENCES BeginningofShareholderProposalandStatementofSupport: Board Report on Worker Health and Safety Disparities RESOLVED:ShareholdersurgetheAmazon.com(“Amazon”)BoardofDirectorstoissueareport,atreasonablecostand excludingproprietaryinformation,examiningwhetherAmazon’shealthandsafetypracticesgiverisetoanyracialandgender disparities in workplace injury rates among its warehouse workers and the impact of any such disparities on the long-term earnings and career advancement potential of female and minority warehouse workers. Amongotherthings,thereportshall include lost time injury rates for all warehouse workers, broken down by race, gender andethnicity. SUPPORTINGSTATEMENT: As recognized by Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the cost of workplace injuries is borne primarily by injured workers (who, on average, earn 15% less over ten years following an injury), their families, and taxpayer-supported 1 componentsofthesocialsafety net, with societal costs adding “inequality to injury.” AmazonisthesecondlargestemployerintheUnitedStates;its health and safety issues have a significant impact on its 1.3 million workers, their households and society. To the extent that more workers of color are affected, Amazon may perpetuate systemic racism. According to the Centers for Disease Control, “[w]ork injuries and illnesses exact a tremendous toll on society, and COVID-19 2 has unequally affected many racial and ethnic minority groups by putting them more at risk of getting sick and dying.” Onepre-pandemicstudyfoundthatnon-HispanicBlackandHispanicworkersweremorelikelytoexperiencework-related disabilities, compared to white workers.3 An older study found that Black workers’ occupational fatality rate was 1.3 to 1.5 4 times higher. Amazonhasbeencitedforsignificantly higher injury rates at its warehouses before and during the pandemic. Since 2017, according to one analysis of government data, Amazon reported a higher rate of serious injury incidents leading to missed 5 workortolight-duty shifts than at other retailers’ warehouses. Data also show Amazon’s serious injury rates were nearly 6 double those of their peers. One national health and safety group included Amazon in its 2018 and 2019 “Dirty Dozen” list of most dangerous employers in the United States, citing it in 2020 for dishonorable mention.7 8 Given its racially and ethnically diverse warehouse workforce, Amazon’s higher illness and injury rates may have a more pronounced impact on workers of color. Amazonhasannouncedthatitismakinglargeinvestmentsinsafetyandhealthinitiatives (although details are lacking) and it already discloses the company’s lost time injury rate to the federal government. It does not, however, publicly disclose suchdata,whichmaybematerialtolong-terminvestors.Also,investorslacktransparencyintohowAmazonanalyzesadverse impacts of the company’s health and safety practices on its workers, especially warehouse workers of color. WeurgeshareholderstovoteFORthisproposal. 1 https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/inequality_michaels_june2015.pdf 2 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/health-equity/race-ethnicity.html 3 Racial And Ethnic Differences In The Frequency Of Workplace Injuries And Prevalence Of Work-Related Disability | Health Affairs, https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1185 4 https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.88.1.40 5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/01/amazon-osha-injury-rate/ 6 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/01/amazon-osha-injury-rate/;https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2021/06/08/amazon- warehouse-injuries-significantly-higher-than-competitors-infographic/?sh=fa002626854b; https://thesoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ PrimedForPain.pdf 7 https://www.coshnetwork.org/national-cosh-reports 8 https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazons-workforce-split-sharply-along-the-lines-of-race-gender-and-pay-new-data-indicates/ EndofShareholderProposalandStatementofSupport 2022ProxyStatement 45