WOODLAND HILLS, CA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for a repeated violation of OSHA’s General Duty Clause following the heat-related death of a Southern California mail carrier at the Woodland Hills Post Office. The employee suffered hyperthermia while delivering mail in […]
Iowa postal facility exposes mail carrier to excessive heat, proposes $46,600 in penalties Employer name: U.S. Postal Service, Ottumwa, Iowa Citations issued: Oct. 23, 2015 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Des Moines Area Office cited the postal facility for three safety and health violations, one repeated, one serious […]
U.S. postal workers lather up with SPF at the start of their shift around eight in the morning and by 5 o’clock, they’ve got big shades and ball caps on too! Of course, making the rounds can be tough when warmer temperatures roll through but as a Texas native, one letter carrier says, he loves […]
On September 10, 2014, U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) Administrative Law Judge Peggy Ball upheld the willful citation issued to the U.S. Postal Service Truman Station in Independence, Mo., by OSHA following the July 24 2012 death of a letter carrier with 28-years of service. The letter carrier developed heat-related illness symptoms, […]