The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a $350,000 fine on Amazon.com Inc.for allegedly shipping prohibited dangerous goods by air.The proposed fine stems from a 2014 incident in which nine United Parcel Service Inc.employees came into contact with a corrosive chemical that had leaked through a shipping package and had to be treated with a chemical wash after feeling a burning sensation. The liquid leaked from a one-gallon container of “Amazing Liquid Fire,” a drain cleaner, during a flight from Louisville, Ky. to Boulder, Colo.
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Since this happened, the big shots at Amazon changed the rules about "dangerous chemicals" so that they wouldn't get into trouble again. However accidents still happen, chemicals are still being packed, some haphazard, others the way they should be. The way Amazon keeps track of everything packed, perhaps they should backtrack the accident ones to the packer and either retrain him or her---or "separate" them from the company.
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