Governor questioned over Indiana's probe of Amazon death

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's governor is facing calls from Democrats to explain his role in Amazon being cleared of responsibility for a warehouse worker's death despite initial findings of four major safety violations.

Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb denies any involvement in the state's investigation of the 2017 death at Amazon's Plainfield warehouse as reported Monday by the nonprofit news outlet Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting.

The outlet reports a safety inspector concluded Amazon didn't provide sufficient training before a forklift fatally crushed 59-year-old Phillip Lee Terry and a $28,000 fine was ordered. But it cites a recording the inspector made in which his boss tells Amazon officials how to shift the blame to 'œemployee misconduct.'ť

The death investigation happened while the Holcomb administration was bidding on Amazon's planned second headquarters project.

State Democratic Party Chairman John Zody says such actions would be a 'œdisturbing abandonment'ť of workers.