Amazon Employee Who Died on Prime Day Was Hardworking Dad

[JoeOtterbein]

Daily Beast

Rafael Reynaldo Mota Frias died in a sweltering Amazon warehouse on Prime Day. His family and co-workers remembered him as an selfless man doing a “demanding” job.

Kate Briquelet
Senior Reporter
Josh Fiallo
Breaking News Reporter
Published Jul. 26, 2022 9:21PM ET

The Amazon employee who died at a New Jersey fulfillment center during the Prime Day sales rush was a hard-working dad from the Dominican Republic who “was everything to this family,” one relative confirmed to The Daily Beast.

Rafael Reynaldo Mota Frias, 42, had a fatal heart attack during his July 13 shift at Amazon’s Carteret warehouse known as EWR9. In tributes on Facebook, several family members noted that Mota Frias, who is from La Romana, died of cardiac arrest.

“You will never be forgotten,” a niece wrote in a post. “We will always remember you as the selfless man that you were. Always worrying about people’s health and stability. He was hardworking, funny and affectionate.”

While Mota Frias’ family grieves, coworkers told The Daily Beast they suspect working conditions within the warehouse might have contributed to his medical emergency.

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[Wicked Blue]

1. I would love to sentence Jeff Bezos to work in that warehouse for the rest of his life

under the exact same conditions Mr. Mota Frios experienced.

[Bluethroughu]

2. That a perfect idea.

[Pete Ross Junior]

3. I know from experience warehouse work is low pay shit work.

But I never though of it as deadly hazardous.

This is on another level.