> An investigation by ProPublica identified more than 60 accidents since June 2015 involving Amazon delivery contractors that resulted in serious injuries, including 10 deaths
A better investigation would count the number of miles traveled and compare the rate to the general population. Driving is the most dangerous thing most people do: 37k people died on the road in 2017.
I'd like to see actual numbers here--driving is an inherently dangerous activity, and therefore needs to be looked at through statistics, not character pieces (like this article does).
> citing agreements that require them, as one puts it, to “defend, indemnify and hold harmless Amazon.”
This sounds pretty standard. However, if this is the case, then
> often Amazon directs, through an app, the order of the deliveries and the route to each destination
seems like it may be a problem. Either the contractors have the autonomy to do things like they need to to stay safe, or Amazon should take that liability themselves.