Senior manager John Sly sends a package flying in one of Amazon's many crash-test trials at its Sumner lab. Image: Christine Clarridge/Axios In a warehouse south of Seattle, Amazon spends its days ...

Inside an Amazon facility in Sumner, a package falls 17 times. Nearby, other packages sit under the weight of 30,000 pounds or are squished together between two clamps, hopefully avoiding any folding ...