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In a joint statement, U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross and Assemblyman Bill Moen said issues at the site can be traced back almost a decade, and vowed to make sure similar problems don't happen.
"We're gonna keep doing it. We're gonna do it until we save those kids, those people who are being slaughtered, unlike anywhere else in the world," Norcross said.
"The report lays out the contributing factors behind the collapse and we have been assured by the New Jersey Department of Transportation that steps are being taken to address these issues before rebuilding Wall 22, which we understand is expected to be completed by the Summer of 2023," New Jersey U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross and Assemblyman Bill Moen said in a joint written statement Thursday.
"We frequently hear from our neighbors on this project and we share your frustrations. We urge all parties to make every effort to make up for lost time," Norcross and Moen said in the statement. "Let's get this project completed safely and efficiently. The residents and commuters of South Jersey deserve that."
Norcross, in private life an electrician, said comparing Amazon facilities injury reports with those of other warehouse operators yields injury rates "astronomically out of whack" with each other.
U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross joined Amazon warehouse workers Wednesday and called on the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to investigate the rate of injuries among Amazon workers. More than 1,600 workplace injuries were reported at Amazon facilities in New Jersey last year, almost all of them serious enough that the workers involved had to miss work, according to New Jersey Policy Perspective.
Workers at an Amazon delivery station in Camden County walked off the job Wednesday morning in protest of transfers that will result from its impending closure. At 10:30 a.m., U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross is expected to call for OSHA to investigate an increase in injuries at Amazon facilities in New Jersey.
"Amazon employees make up 55% of all serious injuries in the state of New Jersey," said Norcross, who gathered with former Amazon employees and workplace safety advocates across the street from an Amazon facility in Logan Township, Gloucester County on Wednesday.
As the Senate HELP Committee works on a final bill, IRI will encourage lawmakers to include a bill introduced by Reps. Donald Norcross, D-N.J., and Tim Walberg, R-Mich., the Lifetime Income for Employees Act. The measure would allow annuities to serve as qualified default investment alternatives in defined contribution plans.