methane detection system

Jan 28th

USPS OIG issues report on Michigan facility where 5 postal employees deaths prompted safety concerns

1/25/17 USPS OIG: Environmental Conditions at Michigan Metroplex Processing and Distribution Center Management Advisory Report This report presents the results of our follow-up to the management alert issued February 22, 2016, regarding the malfunction of the methane detection system observed at the U.S. Postal Service Michigan Metroplex (Metroplex) Processing and Distribution Center in Pontiac, MI. […]

Mar 13th

Postal News Recap – postal facility deaths, trump bumper sticker, plant consolidation costs

Video: APWU demands answers after 5 workers die at Pontiac facility in 14 months March 10, 2016 American Postal Workers Union leaders are demanding more answers and further investigation after five US Postal Workers at the mail center in Pontiac have died on the job. These deaths happened in a 14-month time frame, the latest […]

Mar 10th

Video: Postal employee deaths at Pontiac facility raise questions

3/9/16 PONTIAC, Mich. – The federal government is investigating a rash of deaths at a United States Postal Service (USPS) facility in Pontiac which may be connected to methane gas leaching from the ground. Five people have died recently at the USPS Michigan Metroplex Processing and Distribution Center on East Montcalm Street. There is concern that methane […]

Mar 10th

Video: APWU demands answers after 5 workers die at Pontiac facility in 14 months

3/9/16 PONTIAC, Mich. (WXYZ) – American Postal Workers Union leaders are demanding more answers and further investigation after five US Postal Workers at the mail center in Pontiac have died on the job. These deaths happened in a 14-month time frame, the latest occurring in October of 2015. Area Local 480-481 Union President Roscoe Woods […]

Mar 9th

More details on Methane Detection System problems at Pontiac mail center

By Roscoe Woods, President, 480-481 Area Local Recently there was a report posted on the internet that dealt with a concern raised by the APWU regarding issues associated with the Methane Detection System in place at the Pontiac MI. Metroplex. The report can be found here [PDF]. Some background: After a series of work place […]

Mar 7th

Five postal employees deaths at Michigan facility prompts safety concerns of methane detection system

USPS OIG issues safety alert on Methane Detection System This management alert presents a safety concern of the methane detection system observed at the U.S. Postal Service Michigan Metroplex Processing and Distribution Center (Metroplex), located in Pontiac, MI This review was initiated based on safety concerns expressed to us in a complaint which identified five […]