Study: State workplace injury cases level with national rate

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s workplace injury and illness rate is on par with the rest of the country, according to a private industry sampling conducted in 2020 by the state Labor Department. The incidence rate per 100 full-time employees was 2.

Amazon is big ... really; workforce reaches 500K

NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon says it now employs more than 500,000 people in the U.S., another sign of the online shopping giant’s rapid growth. That’s up 43% from the 350,000 people it employed in 2018 and more than triple its workforce just five years ago.