{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"00000191-80ca-d3c3-a9d3-d7df60f60001","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/tour-amazons-largest-operations-site-national-safety-council","headline":"Go on a behind-the-scenes tour of Amazon's largest operations site with the National Safety Council","description":"Go behind-the-scenes and see how Amazon continues to invest and innovate on behalf of our employees' safety.","datePublished":"2024-08-27T19:00:00Z","dateModified":"2024-08-27T19:00:00Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amazon Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/08549ff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1125x1125+438+0/resize/84x84!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F47%2F6d%2F7fe296e642859c7ba2a629eda3ba%2Famazon-logo-hero-images-2024.jpg","width":"84","height":"84"}}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/0a864b7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x960+0+60/resize/1200x600!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F2c%2F0c%2F0ea2f0594382a0f21ea971a7120b%2Fsarah-lorraine-04-1.jpg","width":"1200","height":"600"},"articleBody":"# Go on a behind-the-scenes tour of Amazon's largest operations site with the National Safety Council\n\n*See how we continue to invest and innovate on behalf of our employees' safety.*\n\nAmazon's Vice President of Global Workplace Health & Safety, Sarah Rhoads, took the National Safety Council (NSC) President & CEO, Lorraine Martin, on a behind-the-scenes tour of our biggest operations site in the world, KCVG, to see how we're investing and innovating on behalf of our employees' safety.\n\n![An Amazon employee working in a Tampa fulfillment center.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/523eb82/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x900+125+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F0b%2Fdf%2F38b7792846cdb6c14e5a4cf586f9%2Fabout-amazon-inline-amazon-center-tampa-20651.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon is increasing the average total compensation package for fulfillment and transportation employees in the US to over $29 per hour](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-wage-increase-new-benefits-for-hourly-us-employees)\n\nAmazon and NSC, the country's leading safety organization, have a joint mission—create safer workplaces around the world. In 2021, Amazon and NSC entered a partnership to address musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)—the leading cause of injuries across all industries. Through this partnership and Amazon's $12 million donation, NSC created the MSD Solutions Lab which has brought together experts from across public, private, academic, government, and non-profit sectors to uncover preventive solutions, new technologies, and the latest research around MSDs. The center piece of the partnership is the [MSD Pledge](https://www.nsc.org/workplace/safety-topics/msd/business-pledge), which more than 200 companies have signed, is a public commitment to reduce MSDs at their own organizations by 2025.\n\nLearn more about [safety at Amazon](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-workplace-safety-post-2023) and schedule a [free in-person tour of a fulfillment center](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/how-to-tour-amazon-fulfillment-center) near you.","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}