An aerial view of the Amazon facility in Edwardsville that was destoyred by a tornado. | Maxar Technologies Twitter
An aerial view of the Amazon facility in Edwardsville that was destoyred by a tornado. | Maxar Technologies Twitter
Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) has asked people to continue to think about families in the central portion of the state that were affected by last week’s tornadoes.
Halbrook posted on Facebook that it had been difficult for all those involved and was hoping that emergency personnel could soon restore some normalcy in the region.
“It’s been a tough weekend in central Illinois. Please join me in praying for the families suffering from loss or injury. Also for the emergency personnel and utility workers along with all those trying to get life back to normal for everyone affected by this late Friday night storm,” he wrote.
The Edwardsville Police Department wrote in a Facebook post that six people died in the Amazon warehouse collapse and identified them as: Deandre S. Morrow, 28, of St. Louis, Missouri; Kevin D. Dickey, 62, of Carlyle; Clayton Lynn Cope, 29, of Alton; Etheria S. Hebb, 34, of St. Louis; Larry E. Virden, 46, of Collinsville; and Austin J. McEwen, 26, of Edwardsville.
ABC News reports that OSHA is probing the fall of the Amazon building.
"OSHA has six months to complete its investigation, issue citations and propose monetary penalties if violations of workplace safety and or health regulations are found," OSHA spokesman Scott Allen told ABC News in a statement. "No further information will be available until OSHA has completed their investigation."
The Intercept reported that workers at the facility have stated that they were ill-prepared for the accident as they had no emergency training and that the building was without safety protocols.
“I know it’s the weekend and Amazon was busy blasting Michael Strahan and other wealthy people into space but can we get any kind of statement about the ‘mass casualty incident’ in Illinois,” an employee wrote on the company’s message board over the weekend. “I feel something could be said or a plan of action to review tornado and [severe] weather safety could be announced,” adding that “we had tornado touch downs not far” from the Jacksonville, Indiana, fulfillment center, according to The Intercept.
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