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# Fulfillment center safety by the numbers

*A breakdown of how we make safety our No. 1 priority each day*

- More than **1,400** safety professionals work every day to identify and establish safety programming within our operations.

- The term “gemba” is used to refer to the personal observation of work, right where the work is happening, to ensure the safe operation of equipment and processes. Each day, **100,000** gemba walks take place across the network, through each of our process paths to ensure safe handling and operation inside fulfillment centers.

- More than **500** safety start-up meetings launch the beginning of each shift across the fulfillment network.

- At least **300** new ideas and suggestions that have come out of our Safety Leadership Index have been instituted across the network.

- **125,000+** associates work in safe and positive operational environments across North America.