Most Amazon workers who died in warehouse tornado were not sheltering in the 'designated location,' it said
that its policy for impending tornadoes is for staff to be"notified and directed to move to a designated and marked shelter in place location."
It did not say exactly where the designated place or the other area were, nor specify where deaths took place.to react. Although wide swathes of the affected area were under a tornado watch all through Friday, the stronger"tornado warning" alert came later. Managers worked"incredibly quickly" to get people into shelter when the storm warning came, Amazon told the BBC.
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