US Department of Labor’s OSHA cites US Postal Service in Nashville, Tenn., with $50,000 fine for repeat safety hazard NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service on Royal Parkway in Nashville with a repeat safety violation following an employee being struck by a […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service on Royal Parkway in Nashville with one willful safety violation for allowing workers to use damaged and unrepaired dock levelers, carrying a penalty of $70,000. OSHA began its inspection following a complaint that an employee was […]
Problem May be ‘Pervasive’ The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) slammed the USPS again for safety violations — this time for under-recording workplace injuries and illnesses. In recent months, OSHA found 242 instances of recordkeeping violations during inspections of 10 postal facilities. “OSHA believes that under-recording of injuries and illnesses may be a pervasive […]
DULUTH, Ga. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $80,000 in penalties against the U.S. Postal Service for safety violations found during an inspection at its facility on Boggs Road in Duluth. The Postal Service is being cited with five repeat violations carrying proposed penalties of $75,000. The violations […]
BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for willful and serious violations of safety standards following an inspection at the Central Massachusetts Processing and Distribution Center in Shrewsbury, Mass. The Postal Service faces a total of $238,000 in fines, chiefly for exposing workers to […]
DES MOINES, Iowa – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in Des Moines for two alleged serious and one alleged repeat violation of federal workplace safety standards for failing to properly train workers on powered industrial truck hazards. Proposed fines total […]
A federal workplace safety agency cited and fined the U.S. Postal Service $220,000 for unsafe work conditions at a mail-processing center in Los Angeles, the U.S. Labor Department announced Tuesday. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the Postal Service committed 16 violations of safety standards by exposing workers to electrical hazards at the 488-employee […]
US Labor Department Press release BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for workplace safety violations found at a mail processing facility located at 3010 East Cumberland Road in Bluefield. Proposed penalties total $287,000. “These citations and sizable fines reflect the Postal Service’s […]
APWU News The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined the USPS $210,000 for willfully exposing employees to electrical safety hazards at the Columbus, OH Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC). OSHA inspectors issued the Postal Service five citations [PDF] after they found the Postal Service failed to properly train employees on safe electrical work practices […]
From October 2009 to September 2010, OSHA issued citations in 164 significant cases where penalties reached $100,000 or more. OSHA found conditions warranting use of its egregious citation policy in 20 of these inspections. In a so-called egregious case, an employer is cited on a per-instance basis under the same standard rather than grouping similar […]