A year after a report harsh summer working conditions at Amazon's Breinigsville, Pa., fulfillment center, where ambulances were sometimes parked outside on hot days, "warehouse workers say the facility is refreshingly cool when it's hot and muggy outside. The company recently installed 40 roof-top air conditioners in its 615,000-square-foot warehouse, part of a $52 million investment in cooling its warehouses around the country," the Morning Call reported.
"I didn't even break a sweat today," said a worker last week, when Lehigh Valley temperatures topped 90 degrees. "It was really nice. I noticed the difference as soon as I walked in the door."
Larry Wiersch, CEO of Cetronia Ambulance Corps, told the Morning Call he does not expect to deploy ambulances and paramedics to the warehouse's parking lot this year: "I am very pleased to share that there does not appear to be a need to do so as they seem to have resolved any issue with intense heat to the best of our knowledge. It's nice to see them working to resolve concerns for the safety of their employees that work with them."
