Amazon worker dies at NJ fulfillment center during Prime Day

Robotic technology and vision systems work on orders at the Amazon Fulfillment Center on at the Amazon Fulfillment Center on August 2, 2017 in Robbinsville, New Jersey.
Robotic technology and vision systems work on orders at the Amazon Fulfillment Center on at the Amazon Fulfillment Center on August 2, 2017 in Robbinsville, New Jersey. Photo credit Mark Makela/Getty Images

CARTERET, N.J. (1010 WINS) — An Amazon worker died at a Middlesex County fulfillment center at the start of the company's Prime Day last week — the company's biggest event of the year.

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"We're deeply saddened by the passing of one of our colleagues and offer our condolences to his family and friends during this difficult time," said Sam Stephenson, an Amazon spokesperson.

The unnamed male worker died on July 12 at the company's EWR9 fulfillment center in Carteret, the Department of Labor told the New York Post.

"We've contacted his family to offer support and will provide counseling resources to employees needing additional care," Stephenson added.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the department's worker safety division, is "aware of this tragic incident" and is "currently investigating" the incident, according to Leni Forston, a representative for the organization.

Forston said the agency has six months to inspect and release its findings.

Details surrounding what caused the worker's death have not been immediately made clear.

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