As work hours mount amid the crushing delivery demand surrounding the coronavirus containment orders, some Amazon workers and their family members say mismanagement at an Eastvale warehouse is putting employees’ lives at risk.

Late Sunday night, workers at the distribution center learned a second employee had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

“Today we learned of a second confirmed case of COVID-19,” reads a text message from Amazon to employees. “The affected individual was last on site 26 March, and consistent with our daily processes, the site has been undergoing multiple enhanced cleanings during this time.”

Multiple emails sent to the Southern California News Group allege the company is not providing workers adequate protection from COVID-19, is hiding information about the spread of the disease and downplaying the risk to workers.

“We are being overworked now that we are on permanent 50-60 hour weeks, and the warehouses are not being cleaned and sanitized as the company says that they are,” one employee wrote. “The social distancing measures aren’t being enforced.

“And to top it all off we aren’t even being offered hand sanitizer,” the worker’s email reads. “This company is literally going to work some of its employees to death, and I fear for their lives.”

The employee, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation, said in a phone interview Monday that Amazon has reconfigured a small section of the warehouse to allow for distancing but it isn’t happening across the building. The facility employs 3,000 people.

“And it’s not being enforced,” the worker said. “It’s all just ho-hum to Amazon.”

The allegation came the same day as a strike at an Amazon facility in New York City and the announcement of a planned sick-out Tuesday by Whole Foods’ workers.

Amazon on Sunday issued a public statement saying it was following mandated health guidelines and taking “extreme measures to ensure its workers’ safety.”

Employees and family members question this claim, contending Amazon had not informed most of its workers about two positive COVID-19 cases, ignored the threat of further infection, and refused to shut the facility down to be cleaned thoroughly.

“They have also asked the few employees to please keep this confidential,” one email read. “Human resources should be letting all employees in this facility know about the matter. They have not sent out any notice to all employees.”

Another said workers have not been provided with hand sanitizers in areas where soap and water are unavailable. The family members allege Amazon has not informed all of its employees about an option to self-quarantine for 14 days with pay if they fear they have been exposed to the virus.

They also contend complaints have been registered with supervisors and ignored. Employees who asked for masks were not given them, and that at times, the bathrooms did not even have soap.

Amazon spokesperson Tim Carter said in an emailed statement that the company has implemented a host of practices that involve better sanitation and more social distancing. Also, the company is paying workers for two weeks if they are diagnosed or quarantined.

“We’re continuing to monitor the situation in our facilities and corporate offices, and we are taking proactive measures to protect employees and associates who have been in contact with anyone who has been diagnosed or becomes ill,” Carter wrote. “Like most global companies, we’ve had employees affected by this, and we’re doing all that we can to protect our employees and take the proper precautions as stated in WHO guidelines.”

Carter’s statement did not mention whether workers were being informed about sick co-workers.

Another Amazon employee tested positive for the coronavirus at the company’s Moreno Valley facility. That employee was last at the center at 24300 Nandina Ave. on March 18, according to Amazon.

A person who is married to an Eastvale worker said by phone that the first COVID-19 case surfaced about 10 days ago and was kept quiet. The second case was reported last Tuesday and also was hushed up by management, until the rumors began to get louder and Amazon confirmed the infection publicly — of the second case but not the first — on Sunday.

The worker who tested positive last week now has two family members now under quarantine, said Adam Diaz, an organizer for the Warehouse Worker Resource Center, a worker advocacy group.

California Attorney General Xavier Beccera on Monday joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in signing a letter to Whole Foods and its parent company Amazon, urging the companies to step up their protection efforts for employees.

“By limiting paid sick leave only to those who have been definitively diagnosed with COVID-19 or who have been placed into quarantine, Whole Foods and Amazon are placing their employees, customers, and the public at large at significant risk of exposure,” Becerra said in the statement.