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USPS Cited for Fourth Set of Safety Violations
Fines Now Exceed $1 Million

APWU Web News Article 052-2010, June 4, 2010

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) charged the Postal Service with five “willful” safety violations at the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center on June 3, and fined the USPS $210,000. The latest citations [PDF] bring the Postal Service’s total OSHA fines to more than $1 million.

OSHA said the USPS willfully and knowingly exposed employees to the risk of electric shock and burn hazards at the BMC, and failed to properly train employees on the use of electrically-energized machinery.

The most recent citations follow OSHA fines of more than $200,000 in Bedford Park, IL, more than $500,000 in Providence, RI, and more than $200,000 in Denver, CO last month for similar safety violations.

The APWU expects more safety violations to be issued by OSHA in the coming weeks. Check www.apwu.org for updated information.

Recent OSHA Fines

USPS Cited for Third Set of Safety Violations in One Week
Fines Now Total Nearly One Million Dollars
(05/11/10) Issuing its third set of citations in less than a week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) charged the USPS with five counts of "willful" safety violations in Bedford Park, IL on May 5.

OSHA Cites USPS for Safety Violations in Denver
Findings Occur Just Days After Citations Issued in Providence
(05/05/10) Five days after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued citations and fines of more than a half-million dollars to the Postal Service for safety hazards in Providence, RI, the agency charged the USPS in Denver, CO with similar violations.

OSHA Cites USPS for ‘Willful’ Safety Violations
Says Agency Knowingly Endangered Employees
(05/03/10) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has charged the USPS in Providence, RI, with 12 willful and serious safety violations, and ordered it to pay fines of $558,000.

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