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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

1400 HARRISBURG PIKE, LANCASTER, PA, 17604
Operated by United States Postal Service · 1 of 6,876 establishments
491110Postal Service
EIN 410760000

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OSHA inspections
17
over 38 years
Violations
19
$2,938 in penalties
Penalties
$2,938
$155 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE has accumulated 19 OSHA violations across 17 inspections over 38 years of recorded history, with $2,938 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 96th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 141 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year 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
17
0.4 / yr · last 38 yrs
Violations
19
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$2,938
$155 avg / violation
68% serious32% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
10 of 17
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 17

35% 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. 18 distinct standards shown · 19 citations in this view · $2,938 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0822Nov 1990Mar 1991
29 CFR 1910.0036 D0111$2,938Dec 2024Dec 2024
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111Sep 1991Sep 1991
29 CFR 1910.0242 B11Sep 1991Sep 1991
29 CFR 1020.1 A11Sep 1991Sep 1991
29 CFR 1910.0107 G0311Nov 1990Nov 1990
29 CFR 1910.0107 G0711Nov 1990Nov 1990
29 CFR 1910.0178 K0111Nov 1990Nov 1990
29 CFR 1910.1200 H11Nov 1990Nov 1990
29 CFR 1910.0095 C0111Nov 1990Nov 1990
29 CFR 1910.0106 D06 IV11Nov 1990Nov 1990
29 CFR 1910.0107 B0911Nov 1990Nov 1990
29 CFR 1910.0107 C0211Nov 1990Nov 1990
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0111Nov 1990Nov 1990
29 CFR 1910.1200 F0511Nov 1990Nov 1990
29 CFR 1910.0303 F11Nov 1990Nov 1990
29 CFR 1910.0145 C0311May 1990May 1990
29 CFR 1910.0023 E03 IV11Jan 1988Jan 1988

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

96th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4911 within PA. Peer group: 141 employers. This establishment has 19 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
79th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
99th
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
4
Complaint
10
Follow-up
2

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 2017

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway

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
Jun 20, 2017Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadwayHead, unspecifiedHospitalized

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
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year 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 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

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
2024-10-03Complaint1$2,938
2021-01-05Complaint0$0
2020-03-10Complaint0$0
2016-03-17Complaint0$0
2014-03-19Monitoring0$0
2011-10-04Complaint0$0
2008-03-03Planned0$0
2005-01-07Planned0$0
2002-10-23Complaint0$0
2000-10-20Complaint0$0
1995-07-20Planned0$0
1991-07-16Follow-up32$0
1991-01-11Follow-up11$0
1990-09-27Planned1210$0
1990-04-20Complaint1$0
1990-03-06Complaint0$0
1987-12-30Complaint1$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 17 OSHA inspections on record with 19 violations and $2,938 in total penalties.