Amazon Workers' Compensation Claims

Pennsylvania Amazon Workers’ Compensation Claims Lawyers

York, Lancaster, and Harrisburg, PA lawyers helping employees who suffer work-related injuries and illnesses

Amazon works with retailers and distributors to send products ordered online to homes and businesses throughout Pennsylvania and the world. Many of the jobs that Amazon workers do involve physical labor, which can cause many different types of injuries – some through workplace accidents and some through the daily stress of the job. At KBG Injury Law, we have been filing workers’ compensation claims for injured and ill workers for 40 years. We fight to ensure employees receive the medical benefits and wage loss benefits they deserve. Call us today to protect your right to compensation.

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Where are the Amazon fulfillment centers near York, Lancaster, and Harrisburg?

Amazon operates numerous fulfillment centers worldwide, including at the following Central Pennsylvania locations:

Cumberland County

  • #MDT1 – 2 Ames Dr, Carlisle, PA 17015
  • #PHL4 – 21 Roadway Dr, Carlisle, PA 17015
  • #PHL6 – 675 Allen Rd, Carlisle, PA 17015
  • #XUSC – 40 Logistics Dr, Carlisle, PA 17013 

Dauphin County

  • #ABE5 – 6455 Allentown Blvd, Harrisburg, PA 17112

York County

  • #PHL5 – 500 McCarthy Dr, Lewisberry, PA 17339

Another Amazon fulfillment center opened in 2023 at 5125 Commerce Drive in Jackson Township, York County.

According to ABC 27, a new delivery station opened recently in Lancaster County at 1156 Four Star Drive.

Fulfillment centers are the first stop for an Amazon package. A sortation center is where Amazon determines the logistics for getting packages to consumers. A delivery station, the last stop, is the place where packages are unloaded from trucks and assigned for delivery to the customer. Normally, Amazon works with independent Amazon Flex drivers who deliver products from delivery centers to individual homes and businesses.

What types of jobs do Amazon fulfillment center workers do?

Amazon workers perform many different types of jobs, including the following:

  • Stower. This worker receives items from retailers, distributors, and other sources and places them in storage pods. Each Amazon stower unboxes the items that come in and places them in bins located inside the pods.
  • Picker. This job involves taking “stowed items that have been earmarked for shipment from pods, placing them in carts, and sending them off to the packers.” This is a very physical job that involves a lot of walking. Pickers must “maintain a minimum pick (scan) rate.”
  • Packer. This worker receives the “picked” item, puts it in boxes/mailers/jiffies, and sends it to ship dock departments for loading into trucks.
  • Waterspider. This worker helps other warehouse associates “replenish resources” for the other workers. 
  • Other Amazon jobs. These jobs include:
    • “Problem solvers” 
    • Inventory control and quality assurance workers
    • Learning ambassadors who teach new employees and managers
    • SLAM (scan, label, apply, and manifest) workers who use SLAM machines to ensure packages have the correct labels
    • Shipping dock workers who scan the packages and load them into trucks for shipping
    • IT equipment coordinators.

There are many other jobs that involve working with robotics, administrative work, and driving the products to the homes of York, Lancaster, and Harrisburg customers.

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What types of injuries and illnesses do Amazon employees suffer?

Our Amazon workers’ compensation lawyers represent workers who suffer all types of workplace injuries and illnesses, including the following:

  • Back, neck, and shoulder injuries
  • Spinal cord damage
  • Broken bones/fractures
  • Repetitive stress injuries due to performing the same tasks day after day
  • Nerve, tissue, muscle, ligament, and tendon damage
  • Traumatic brain injuries due to falls or being struck by objects from above
  • Overexertion injuries
  • Injuries from forklift accidents, vehicle accidents, and different types of Amazon machinery
  • Occupational illnesses, including respiratory ailments
  • Chemical exposures
  • Any other type of injury that an Amazon worker suffers during the scope of their employment

What should Amazon employees who suffer injuries or illnesses do?

If you work for an Amazon company in Central Pennsylvania and are involved in an accident or cannot work due to your injuries (or an illness), you should inform your employer about your health and any accidents as soon as possible. You should promptly seek medical advice at a local emergency center, through your family doctor, or another healthcare provider. You should also call our experienced York workers’ compensation lawyers so we can explain your responsibilities and your rights.

What benefits can Amazon fulfillment center employees receive for their work-related injuries/illnesses?

Generally, you must be an employee to qualify, and your injuries or illness must be due to your employment. At KBG Injury Law, we will help show that you qualify for the following benefits. 

Workers’ compensation benefits in Pennsylvania include the following:

  • Medical benefits. You have the right to seek medical help, including emergency care, hospitalizations, surgeries, physical therapy, occupational therapy, other types of rehabilitative therapy, chiropractic care, assistive devices such as prosthetic devices, and medications. We can explain when you need to use physicians on Amazon’s medical list of physicians and when you can use your doctors that you select. 
  • Wage loss benefits. You can receive wage loss benefits if you cannot work at all, can work with restrictions such as lifting limits, or can work but at a lower wage. Generally, workers receive approximately two-thirds of their preinjury average weekly wage up to a specific maximum if the disability lasts for more than seven days. Workers are generally eligible for these benefits for the duration of their disability.
  • Specific loss benefits. If you lose or cannot use a body part such as a thumb, hand, leg, ear, or eye, or suffer scarring and disfigurement (of the head, face, or neck), you may be eligible for a specific additional amount of compensation.
  • Death benefits. Family members (the spouse and any dependents; parents and siblings may be eligible if there is no spouse and no dependents) may receive death benefits if an Amazon worker dies while doing their job due to a workplace accident or illness.

Some limitations and conditions may apply.

Do you have a York, Lancaster, or Harrisburg fulfillment center injury lawyer near me?

KBG Injury Law meets injured Amazon workers at the following locations:

  • York. 110 N. George St., 3rd Flr.
  • York. 2121 S Queen St
  • Lancaster. 1776 Harrisburg Pike
  • Harrisburg. 717 Market St. (Lemoyne, PA)
  • Gettysburg. 66 West Middle St.
  • Hanover. 250 York St.

If your injuries prevent you from traveling, we can meet you at your home or a healthcare facility. We also conduct conversations by phone and through online video platforms such as Zoom.

We understand your anxiety about your health and your job. Our lawyers have helped numerous workers like you obtain the full workplace benefits they deserve.

Contact KBG Injury Law now to assert your right to workers’ compensation benefits from Amazon

Our Amazon workers’ compensation lawyers help workers obtain the compensation they deserve. We anticipate the arguments the insurance companies and defense lawyers are likely to assert to try to deny your claim or limit your benefits. Call us or complete our contact form to schedule a free consultation. We have offices in York, Lancaster, Harrisburg, Hanover, and Gettysburg, and serve clients throughout South Central Pennsylvania.