At Amazon, we are committed to and invested in safety—it’s good for our people, for our customers, for our communities, and for business.
Safety is integral to everything we do–every day, in every country, across our business. We continue to invest in capital improvements, new safety technology, vehicle safety controls, and engineered ergonomic solutions that aim to reduce and eliminate risks for our employees, partners, and communities.
Safety at a Glance
↓34%
Our global recordable incident rate (RIR) — which includes any work-related injury that requires more than basic first aid treatment — has improved 34% over the past five years.
↓6%
Our global recordable incident rate has improved 6% year over year.
↓65%
Our global lost time incident rate — which includes any work-related injury that requires someone to take time away from work — has improved 65% over the past five years.
↓13%
Our global lost time incident rate has improved 13% year over year.
1M
Our workforce in operations has grown to over 1M people globally.
130,000
In 2024, over 130,000 employees provided safety suggestions.
$2B
Since 2019, we’ve invested more than $2 billion in our safety efforts.
We have 16 Leadership Principles, which describe how we do business and how our leaders lead. In 2021, we added two new Leadership Principles: Strive to be Earth’s Best Employer and Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility.
The Leadership Principle Strive to be Earth’s Best Employer challenges us to create “a safer, more productive, higher performing, more diverse, and more just work environment,” and reinforces that nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of our teams.
The Leadership Principle Strive to be Earth’s Best Employer challenges us to create “a safer, more productive, higher performing, more diverse, and more just work environment,” and reinforces that nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of our teams.
