Violation Tracker Parent Company Summary

Parent Company Name: 
Amazon.com
Ownership Structure: 
publicly traded (ticker symbol AMZN)
Headquartered in: 
Washington
Major Industry: 
retailing
Specific Industry: 
retail-internet
Penalty total since 2000: 
$94,259,164
Number of records: 
106
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
competition-related offenses$61,700,0001
environment-related offenses$12,829,48717
employment-related offenses$12,768,07510
consumer-protection-related offenses$3,711,4669
safety-related offenses$3,115,61368
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices$61,700,0001
environmental violation$12,829,48717
wage and hour violation$6,703,7693
employment screening violation$5,802,7202
consumer protection violation$3,605,4668
Notes: 

Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

Links: 

Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

For an overview of assistance this company is receiving under the CARES Act, see its Covid Stimulus Watch summary page here.


Individual Penalty Records:

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Company Primary Offense Type Year Agency Penalty Amountsort icon
WHOLE FOODS MARKET NORTH ATLANTIC DISTRIBUTION CENTER workplace safety or health violation 2015 OSHA $5,500
Whole Foods Market California, Incorporated environmental violation 2019 CA-ARB $5,250
AMAZON SORT CENTER workplace safety or health violation 2018 OSHA $5,174
Amazon.com, Inc. environmental violation 2009 CA-ARB $5,000
AMAZON.COM SERVICES, LLC workplace safety or health violation 2020 OSHA $5,000
WHOLE FOODS MARKET INC workplace safety or health violation 2019 OSHA $5,000
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