Significant increase in occupational accidents in delivery services
With the spread of fast delivery services such as Gorillas, Flink and Lieferando in major German cities, the number of accidents involving courier drivers has also risen significantly. In Berlin alone, the number of workplace accidents involving delivery services has increased more than tenfold in the past five years, from 50 accidents in 2017 to 596 in 2022, according to a survey by the
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