Amazon warehouse worker who wanted to give dying colleague CPR says boss urged employees to keep working instead

Amazon warehouse workers kept on working as a colleague died after collapsing on the floor of an Amazon facility in Oregon earlier this month — with a manager telling one employee to look away instead of help, according to a shocking report.After the unnamed 46-year-old worker fell at the huge Troutdale, Ore., warehouse, a manager allegedly told an employee who wanted to help provide CPR to “just turn around and not look.Let’s get back to work,” the Western Edge news site reported Monday.Employees reportedly saw the man collapse as loading docks hummed with activity on April 6.

A 911 call the Western Edge obtained through a records request revealed an Amazon worker telling dispatchers the man who had fallen was “probably dead,” adding that he had “extensive blood” coming from his head and appeared “very blue.”Within moments of the collapse, a woman rushed over and began performing chest compressions, crying and screaming for help as she pushed into the man’s chest, a worker who witnessed the scene told the Western Edge.An employee identified as Sam said they asked their supervisor if they could assist the woman doing CPR, but received a stunning rebuff.“I start sobbing and said, ‘I want to help, please!’ I know she’s going to get tired and need to be subbed out,” the employee recounted.The supervisor responded, “It has to be management or safety team.Please get back to work,” according to Sam, who said the manager appeared to be in shock.“I need to help,” Sam insisted — but said he was told to “just turn around and not look.

Let’s get back to work.”Sam said as they stood in disbelief, the manager nudged Sam and said in tears, “please,” encouraging the worker to continue sorting packages.After paramedics arrived, the area where the man had collapsed was closed off, according to the Western Edge.Supervisors acted callously and seemed more interested in keeping the warehouse running than helping the dying employee, ...