Establishment profile
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
600 CHURCH ST. PROCESSING DISTRIBUTION CENTER, NORFOLK, VA, 23501
Operated by United States Postal Service · 1 of 6,888 establishments
491110 — Postal Service
EIN 410760000
Summary
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE has accumulated 11 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 24 years of recorded history, with $30,803 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 94th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 67 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 89th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 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
75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 10 distinct standards shown · 11 citations in this view · $30,803 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IV A | 2 | 2 | $2,030 | Jun 2012 | Sep 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1926.1101 K02 II A | 1 | 1 | $12,934 | Nov 2018 | Nov 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1926.1101 F01 I | 1 | 1 | $9,239 | Nov 2018 | Nov 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0304 G05 | 1 | 1 | $3,600 | Jun 2012 | Jun 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0304 A02 | 1 | 1 | $3,000 | Jun 2012 | Jun 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1926.1101 G03 III | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2018 | Nov 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1926.1101 K09 VI | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2018 | Nov 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2012 | Jun 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 B07 IV | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2012 | Jun 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 B07 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2012 | Jun 2012 |
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
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 4911 within VA. Peer group: 67 employers. This establishment has 11 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.
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.
Reported for 31 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- 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) · Feb 2015 – Jun 2025 · 1 in last 5 years
Most frequent event: Exposure to environmental heat outdoor
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2025 | Exposure to environmental heat outdoor | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized | |
| Feb 19, 2015 | Fall on same level due to slipping | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 7+ years. Most recent activity: 7 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 VA — for United States Postal Service, not this location alone
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.). 5 cases · 5 ULP
| Case number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-CA-022195 | Unfair labor practice | Feb 2009 | May 2009 | Closed | Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 05-CA-034585 | Unfair labor practice | Oct 2008 | Nov 2008 | Closed | Region 05, Baltimore, Maryland |
| 11-CA-021935 | Unfair labor practice | May 2008 | Feb 2009 | Closed | Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 11-CA-021883 | Unfair labor practice | Mar 2008 | Aug 2008 | Closed | Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 11-CA-019172 | Unfair labor practice | Aug 2001 | Dec 2001 | Closed | Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia |
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.
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
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-06 | Complaint | 1 | — | $2,030 | |
| 2018-07-18 | Complaint | 4 | 4 | $22,173 | |
| 2012-06-04 | Planned | 6 | 2 | $6,600 | |
| 2002-02-19 | Planned | 0 | — | $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 6,888 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 6,888 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in postal service within VA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICEPORTSMOUTH — 3 federal enforcement records
- US POSTAL SERVICECHARLOTTESVILLE — 2 federal enforcement records
- U.S. Postal ServiceFairfax — 2 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICECULPEPER — 2 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICEMANASSAS — 2 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICERICHMOND — 2 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICESANDSTON — 2 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICECHESAPEAKE — 2 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICEMERRIFIELD — 2 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICERICHMOND — 2 federal enforcement records
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by United States Postal Service, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- USPSWICHITA, KS — 3 federal enforcement records
- UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICEJERSEY CITY, NJ — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICEINDIANAPOLIS, IN — 3 federal enforcement records
- UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICEFOREST HILLS, NY — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICEBELLMAWR, NJ — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICEATLANTA, GA — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICESTOCKTON, CA — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICENEWBURGH, NY — 3 federal enforcement records
- U. S. POSTAL SERVICESALT LAKE CITY, UT — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICEBEAUMONT, TX — 3 federal enforcement records
Related searches
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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 6,888 establishments in our dataset.
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- What is U.S. POSTAL SERVICE's OSHA violation history?
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICE has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 11 violations and $30,803 in total penalties.