Amazon delivery drivers say bosses shut the doors on an Oklahoma warehouse and locked dozens of workers out as a tornado approached.
Shocking footage captured the moment management at the Amazon Flex station in Oklahoma City turned drivers seeking shelter away after the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the area on Tuesday.
The video showed the bosses pulling the door down as she begged to be let in while tornado sirens blared.
'Their priorities are way better than ours, we don't deserve to be in a safe environment,' the worker who filmed the video said during the clip.
Two employees, who asked not to be identified, described a chaotic scene as they approached the building.
'The siren's going off, so there's a little bit of panic, and it's definitely windy,' one of the drivers told KFOR.
As the drivers attempted to walk inside the warehouse, they passed by a large group of drivers who had been kicked out of the building.
'They had like probably 15 to 10 people inside at that point, and they told them that they all had to get out,' one driver said.
A driver said she attempted to reason with management and convince them to let the group in, but they shut the door in her face.
The driver explained that she tried to reason with management and convince them to let the drivers in.
'I got right to the door, and one of the employees, I just kind of looked him in the face, and I was like, "These sirens are going off, my friend. Like, we need shelter,"' the driver said.
'And his eyes just got big, and my eyes got big. And he just pointed at the security guard and was like, "We do what he says." And I looked at the security guard and he gave me a stare for a second.'
Moments later, warehouse management was seen shutting the door as the drivers stood outside.
'I just turned around and was like, what in the world just happened?' the driver said. 'Like, there is a tornado that can hit at any time, and we are here to fend for ourselves.'
'I couldn't believe it,' the other driver said. 'My first thought after we got back into the car was that, you know, I guess they're prioritizing their merchandise and their equipment over the lives of their workers.'
Ultimately, the storm changed direction, and the tornado did not touch down near the warehouse.
An Amazon spokesperson told the local news station that the drivers should not have been turned away.
Management at the Amazon Flex station in Oklahoma City allegedly turned drivers seeking shelter away after the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the area on Tuesday.
'The health and safety of our employees and partners is our highest priority, and we take these matters very seriously,' the spokesperson said.
'The actions taken here did not follow our policies and procedures, and we've suspended the employees involved while we investigate the incident.'