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FAA fines Amazon again for mishandling dangerous chemical
THE US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it would fine Amazon.com US$130,000 for allegedly mishandling shipments of dangerous chemicals bringing to a total of three fines in less than two weeks imposed by the agency on the retailer for violating rules related to shipping hazardous materials by air.
In May 2014, Amazon shipped two boxes containing multiple one gallon jugs of a corrosive rust stain remover from Plainfield, Illinois to Davenport, Florida. FedEx workers at the Lake Wales, Florida, sorting facility discovered the product had leaked through one of the cardboard boxes, the FAA said.
The next month, Amazon sent a box containing a 19-ounce container of Simple Air EZ Green, a flammable gas used to clean heating and air conditioning systems, by air from Whitestown, Indiana to Glendale, California.
In both cases, the packages containing the product were not properly marked, labelled, or accompanied by the necessary papers indicating the hazardous nature of the materials inside, the FAA said, and proposed a fine of $78,000 for the May, 2014 incident and $52,000 for the later incident.
An Amazon spokeswoman said the company takes the issue of air cargo safety seriously and had developed "sophisticated technologies" to detect shipping hazards in its packages.
The fine comes after the FAA levied a $350,000 fine on Amazon earlier this month for a similar alleged violation that also occurred in 2014. The fines come at a time when Amazon is becoming more closely involved in the logistics of shipping its products, and the FAA is stepping up enforcement of air cargo safety violations.
In May 2014, Amazon shipped two boxes containing multiple one gallon jugs of a corrosive rust stain remover from Plainfield, Illinois to Davenport, Florida. FedEx workers at the Lake Wales, Florida, sorting facility discovered the product had leaked through one of the cardboard boxes, the FAA said.
The next month, Amazon sent a box containing a 19-ounce container of Simple Air EZ Green, a flammable gas used to clean heating and air conditioning systems, by air from Whitestown, Indiana to Glendale, California.
In both cases, the packages containing the product were not properly marked, labelled, or accompanied by the necessary papers indicating the hazardous nature of the materials inside, the FAA said, and proposed a fine of $78,000 for the May, 2014 incident and $52,000 for the later incident.
An Amazon spokeswoman said the company takes the issue of air cargo safety seriously and had developed "sophisticated technologies" to detect shipping hazards in its packages.
The fine comes after the FAA levied a $350,000 fine on Amazon earlier this month for a similar alleged violation that also occurred in 2014. The fines come at a time when Amazon is becoming more closely involved in the logistics of shipping its products, and the FAA is stepping up enforcement of air cargo safety violations.
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