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 USPS Charged with Seven Violations in Pittsburgh

APWU Web News Article 055-2010, June 10, 2010

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the USPS its sixth set of workplace safety citations on June 8, charging the Postal Service with seven “willful” and “serious” violations related to electrical hazards at the Pittsburgh, PA mail processing facility.

The proposed penalties at the Pittsburgh facility are nearly $299,500, which brings the Postal Service’s total OSHA fines to nearly $1.8 million. The latest citations [PDF] were issued less than a week after similar violations were found at the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center and the Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center.

OSHA cited the Postal Service with four “willful” violations, one repeat violation, and two “serious” violations at the Pittsburgh facility. Employees were found operating live machinery without adequate training or protection, which exposed them to electrical hazards. The repeat violation was due to the facility’s failure to use approved protective covers for electrical junction boxes. [OSHA Press Release]

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

Recent OSHA Fines

USPS Cited for Safety Violations in Philadelphia
 Citations Issued at Five Locations since April 29
 (06/05/10) 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 at the Philadelphia P&DC.

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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