An Amazon staffer is posting YouTube videos of herself living in a warehouse parking lot after an accident at work (AMZN)

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• A woman has said she became homeless after being injured while working at an Amazon warehouse in Texas last year.
• Vickie Shannon Allen has documented her eviction and experiences on YouTube, and told The Guardian she was injured due to faulty workstation last October.
• Allen's experience is similar to horror stories told by dozens of Amazon workers to Business Insider earlier this year, plus third-party reports of warehouse injuries.
• Amazon said it didn't recognise Allen's portrayal of working conditions, adding that it was proud of its safety record.

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Vickie Shannon Allen, a 49-year-old former Amazon warehouse employee in Texas, says she is now homeless after being injured at work last year.

Allen has been documenting her eviction from a Texas caravan park on YouTube and her story was reported by The Guardian. She has also set up a GoFundMe page to try and raise funding after losing her home.

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