Many Illinois warehouses don’t have tornado shelters despite relatively a low price tag
EDWARDSVILLE — Many warehouses in the Metro East don’t have tornado shelters or rooms that are designed to withstand extreme weather, despite the low overall cost. Building permits show the average estimated cost of a new warehouse building in Edwardsville was more than $16 million between 2014 and 2019. The cost of a shelter adds […]
Activists call for safer conditions at Amazon warehouses following Edwardsville collapse
EDWARDSVILLE — Labor activists and faith leaders from across the Midwest gathered Thursday at the site of a deadly Amazon warehouse collapse to call for safer working conditions. The rally came a little more than a month after six people died in the warehouse when it collapsed after being hit by a tornado. “We said […]
Tornado victim’s family sues Amazon over warehouse collapse
SPRINGFIELD — The family of a delivery driver who died last month when a tornado collapsed the Amazon warehouse in central Illinois where he worked has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The Madison County action Monday on behalf of Austin McEwen, 26, claims that Amazon failed to warn employees of dangerous weather or provide safe […]
Edwardsville chief on Amazon warehouse: ‘It was definitely one of our worst days’
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – In the wake of Friday night storms that left six dead at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, a disaster proclamation was issued Monday for 28 counties in southern and central Illinois. The proclamation will bring personnel or equipment from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to assist with storm recovery. “My administration is […]
Amazon, OSHA promise review after tornado wrecks warehouse
EDWARDSVILLE, Il. — The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration said Monday it has opened an investigation into the collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, after it was struck by a tornado on Friday, leaving six people dead and another hospitalized. OSHA will look into whether workplace safety rules were followed. OSHA inspectors, […]
Crews search rubble after 6 die at Illinois Amazon facility
CHICAGO — Search efforts at an Amazon facility in Illinois where at least six people were killed in a tornado are expected to take several days. But authorities don’t expect to find more survivors and the local coroner says there are no pending reports of missing people related to the building collapse. The company has […]
Dozens are feared dead as tornadoes hit Midwestern and Southern U.S.
Updated Saturday at 7:45 a.m. EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states late Friday, killing at least six people overnight as it tore through a candle factory in Kentucky, an Amazon facility in Illinois and a nursing home in Arkansas. The Kentucky governor said he feared dozens more could […]