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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

1001 CALIFORNIA AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15290
Operated by United States Postal Service · 1 of 6,876 establishments
491110Postal Service
EIN 410760000

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OSHA inspections
31
over 37 years
Violations
52
$306,750 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE has accumulated 52 OSHA violations across 31 inspections over 37 years of recorded history, with $306,750 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 141 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in 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
31
0.8 / yr · last 37 yrs
Violations
52
1.4 / yr
Penalties
$306,750
$5,899 avg / violation
63% serious37% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
28 of 31
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 31

45% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 9 inspections producing serious-or-greater 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 27 citations in this view · $306,750 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0131$3,000Jan 2010Jan 2010
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0222$25,000May 1990Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0305 E0122$2,500May 1990Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0122Mar 1994Sep 1997
29 CFR 1910.0303 F22May 1990Jun 1994
29 CFR 1910.0304 F05 V22May 1990Mar 1994
29 CFR 1910.0333 A0111$70,000Jun 2010Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0335 A01 I11$70,000Jun 2010Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0332 B0111$70,000Jun 2010Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0335 B0111$55,000Jun 2010Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0335 A02 I11$7,000Jun 2010Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0178 A0411$4,250Dec 2010Dec 2010
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0211Jun 2019Jun 2019
29 CFR 1910.0178 L04 I11Feb 2015Feb 2015
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 III11Aug 2010Aug 2010
29 CFR 1910.0335 A01 IV11Jun 2010Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0332 C11Jun 2010Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0333 A0211Jun 2010Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0335 A01 V11Jun 2010Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0242 A11Dec 1997Dec 1997

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4911 within PA. Peer group: 141 employers. This establishment has 52 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
100th
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
12.9
vs industry
TRIR
14.2
vs industry

Reported for 89 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

Planned
2
Complaint
28
Follow-up
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) · Sep 2019 – Aug 2022 · 3 in last 5 years

Reports
5
Hospitalizations
5
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified

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).

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
Aug 7, 2022Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecifiedFoot (feet), unspecifiedHospitalized
May 28, 2022Hitting, kicking, beating, shovingMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized
Sep 13, 2021Struck against object or equipment, unspecifiedHand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jul 28, 2020Other fall to lower level, unspecifiedFoot (feet), unspecifiedHospitalized
Sep 6, 2019Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecifiedNonclassifiableHospitalized

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

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 2+ years. Most recent activity: 2 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$7,888
Employees affected
69

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 69 violations · $7,888 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeMar 200716968$7,888

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 2 cases · 69 violations · $7,888 in backwages · 69 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jun 2010 – Jul 2010Postal Service1
Mar 2005 – Mar 2007Private Mail CentersFLSA6968$7,888

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

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 PA — for United States Postal Service, not this location alone

Total cases
14
Unfair labor practice
14

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.). 14 cases · 14 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
06-CA-258076Unfair labor practiceMar 2020Mar 2020ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
04-CA-206647Unfair labor practiceSep 2017Oct 2017ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-178753Unfair labor practiceJun 2016Jul 2016ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-176415Unfair labor practiceMay 2016Feb 2018ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-176320Unfair labor practiceMay 2016Jul 2016ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-037685Unfair labor practiceSep 2010Oct 2010ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
06-CA-036898Unfair labor practiceApr 2010May 2010ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-034833Unfair labor practiceAug 2005Jan 2006ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
04-CA-031554Unfair labor practiceSep 2002Aug 2005ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
06-CA-032516Unfair labor practiceJan 2002Oct 2002ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-032128Unfair labor practiceJun 2001Jun 2004ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
04-CA-030309Unfair labor practiceApr 2001Aug 2001ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-025262Unfair labor practiceSep 1996Oct 1998ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-022258Unfair labor practiceNov 1993Nov 2002ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
US POSTAL SVC
1001 CALIFORNIA AVE · PITTSBURGH, PA, 15290
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

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
2024-05-14Complaint0$0
2019-06-05Complaint1$0
2014-10-01Complaint1$0
2012-07-26Complaint0$0
2012-04-20Complaint0$0
2011-05-31Complaint0$0
2011-04-22Follow-up0$0
2010-10-15Complaint1$4,250
2010-06-15Complaint11$0
2009-12-09Complaint112$299,500
2009-07-14Complaint3$3,000
2009-04-28Complaint0$0
2006-05-15Complaint0$0
2006-01-31Complaint0$0
2005-09-14Complaint0$0
2004-07-23Complaint0$0
2004-06-04Complaint0$0
1997-12-09Complaint1$0
1997-11-04Complaint0$0
1997-09-02Complaint33$0
1997-08-28Complaint0$0
1996-10-30Complaint11$0
1996-02-01Complaint0$0
1994-05-11Complaint77$0
1994-03-11Planned55$0
1993-05-20Complaint33$0
1990-04-27Complaint119$0
1990-04-27Planned32$0
1990-01-05Complaint0$0
1989-02-23Complaint0$0
1988-12-29Complaint0$0

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.

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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 31 OSHA inspections on record with 52 violations and $306,750 in total penalties.