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 gas leaching from the ground into the plant has led to the deaths.

At 70 acres, the Metroplex facility is one of the nation’s largest. Built on the site of the old Brownfield Foundry, it opened in 2008 and employs about 1,200 people who work three shifts a day, 24/7.

Mail Hauler’s Union Local President Marlon Harris is deeply concerned about his members’ recent on-the-clock deaths.

“Three (deaths) they are telling me were heart attacks. We had one girl who walked out having an asthma attack, and she passed out in her car. There’s another guy who had a stroke,” said Harris.

Postal employee deaths at Pontiac facility raise questions

• Five postal employees deaths at Michigan facility prompts safety concerns of methane detection system
• More details on Methane Detection System problems at Pontiac mail center

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