The U.S. workplace safety watchdog is investigating the circumstances around the collapse during last week's storm of an Amazon building in Illinois in which six workers died, an official at the U.S. Department of Labor said
ripped through six U.S. states, leaving a trail of death and destruction at homes and businesses stretching more than 200 miles .Amazon spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said the company would cooperate with the investigation. "OSHA investigates all workplace fatalities and we are supporting them," she said.
"Already there has been an effort to determine some of the challenges ... if there were any structural issues, what exactly the storm's trajectory was coming in and affecting the various pieces of the building," Pritzker said.The National Weather Service said a tornado hit the area around 8:30 p.m. CST on Friday, intensifying rapidly as it struck the Amazon warehouse. Peak winds were estimated at 150 miles per hour , causing severe damage.
Amazon said employees were directed to shelter in place at a designated assembly area at the front of the building, which was near a restroom. The site, a compound comprised of a few buildings, has been under heavy private and police security through the weekend, accessible only to relief teams and some Amazon and government officials. The remains of the destroyed warehouse were mostly dismantled, reduced to rubble.
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