USPS Cited for Safety Violations in Philadelphia; Citations Issued at Five Locations since April 29

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USPS Cited for Safety Violations in Philadelphia
Citations Issued at Five Locations since April 29

APWU Web News Article 053-2010, June 5, 2010

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issued the USPS its fifth set of safety citations on June 3, charging the Postal Service with six counts of “willful” and “serious” violations [PDF] at the Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC).

OSHA fined the USPS $217,000 for the latest set of citations, which were issued on the same day as five violations at the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center. The most recent charges bring the Postal Service’s total OSHA fines to nearly $1.5 million.

OSHA said the USPS willfully exposed employees to the risk of electric shock and burn hazards when working on electrically-energized machinery at the P&DC, and failed to give employees proper protective equipment or sufficient training for operating live machinery.

The Philadelphia P&DC violations are the fifth set of citations issued to the Postal Service since April 29. Other safety citations were issued at the Philadelphia BMC; in Bedford Park, IL; in Denver, CO; and in Providence, RI.

Recent OSHA Fines

USPS Cited for Fourth Set of Safety Violations
Fines Now Exceed $1 Million
(06/04/10) 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 bring the Postal Service’s total OSHA fines to more than $1 million.

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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