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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

5010 SE FOSTER, PORTLAND, OR, 97206
Operated by United States Postal Service · 1 of 6,876 establishments
491110Postal Service
EIN 410760000

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OSHA inspections
5
over 12 years
Violations
4
$7,170 in penalties
Penalties
$7,170
$1,792 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 12 years of recorded history, with $7,170 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 84th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 115 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 88th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
5
0.4 / yr · last 12 yrs
Violations
4
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$7,170
$1,792 avg / violation
25% serious75% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
4 of 5
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 5

40% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $7,170 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1904.0039 A0211$4,620Dec 2018Dec 2018
29 CFR 1910.0036 G0211$2,550Dec 2013Dec 2013
29 CFR 1910.0038 F0111Dec 2013Dec 2013
29 CFR 1910.0157 E0211Dec 2013Dec 2013

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

84th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 4911 within OR. Peer group: 115 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
93rd
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
88th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
12.2
vs industry
TRIR
12.2
vs industry

Reported for 16 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Inspection breakdown

Complaint
4
Referral
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Jun 2020

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Nonclassifiable

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed). 100% of this employer's reports came from a state-plan program.

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Jun 10, 2020NonclassifiableLeg(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Oct 29, 2018Concrete,Delivery Work,Fall,Fracture,Obstructed Egress,Skull,Spine,Tripped,Walking Surface11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
4 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 4+ years. Most recent activity: 4 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in OR — for United States Postal Service, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other United States Postal Service locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
36-CA-008778Unfair labor practiceNov 2000Jun 2001ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
36-CA-008630Unfair labor practiceFeb 2000May 2001ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (across 87 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$2.7M
Obligated (all-time)
$361.5M
Awards (all-time)
8,920

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2022-02-10Complaint0$0
2021-09-30Complaint0$0
2018-11-13Referral1$4,620
2018-09-25Complaint0$0
2013-12-04Complaint31$2,550

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE is one of 6,876 establishments rolled up under the parent organization United States Postal Service.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of United States Postal Service across all 6,876 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on U.S. POSTAL SERVICE from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup United States Postal Service, which operates 6,876 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is U.S. POSTAL SERVICE's OSHA violation history?
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 4 violations and $7,169.5 in total penalties.