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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

900 E. FAYETTE STREET, BALTIMORE, MD, 21233
Operated by United States Postal Service · 1 of 6,876 establishments
491110Postal Service
EIN 410760000

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OSHA inspections
34
over 40 years
Violations
150
$119,300 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
2 National Emphasis Program inspections · 8 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE has accumulated 150 OSHA violations across 34 inspections over 40 years of recorded history, with $119,300 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 79 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 months 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
34
0.8 / yr · last 40 yrs
Violations
150
3.8 / yr
Penalties
$119,300
$795 avg / violation
73% serious27% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
20 of 34
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 34

44% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 11 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 · 58 citations in this view · $800 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0265Mar 1988Oct 1995
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II44$800Mar 1993Jun 2003
29 CFR 1910.0157 E0244Sep 1992Jun 2003
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0144Mar 1988Oct 1995
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0144Mar 1988Mar 1993
29 CFR 1910.0036 B0433Mar 1988Aug 1998
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0933Sep 1992Oct 1995
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0133Mar 1988Oct 1995
29 CFR 1910.0305 A01 I33Sep 1992Oct 1995
29 CFR 1910.0212 B33Sep 1992Oct 1995
29 CFR 1020.1 A33Mar 1988Jan 1990
29 CFR 1910.0303 E22Oct 1995Jan 1996
29 CFR 1910.0037 H0122Oct 1995Jan 1996
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0122Sep 1992Oct 1995
29 CFR 1910.1030 G02 I22Mar 1993Oct 1995
29 CFR 1910.0037 Q0122Mar 1988Oct 1995
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0122Mar 1993Oct 1995
29 CFR 1910.0215 D0322Sep 1992Mar 1993
29 CFR 1910.0037 Q0522Mar 1988Mar 1993
29 CFR 1910.0151 C22Sep 1992Mar 1993

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 MD. Peer group: 79 employers. This establishment has 150 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
96th
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
3.0
vs industry
TRIR
3.0
vs industry

Reported for 44 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
5
Complaint
20
Referral
2
Follow-up
4

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 2015 – Jun 2017

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

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 9, 2017Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway areaFoot (feet), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jun 8, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation

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
10 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 10 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
5
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
5

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 · 9 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Apr 2010 – Jan 201139

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. 5 cases · 9 violations · $0 in backwages · 5 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Feb 2009 – Feb 2011Postal Service1
Aug 2009 – Jan 2011Postal ServiceFMLA41
Aug 2008 – Aug 2010Postal Service1
Jan 2009 – May 2010Postal ServiceFMLA31
Mar 2009 – Apr 2010Postal ServiceFMLA21

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

Total cases
3
Unfair labor practice
3

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.). 3 cases · 3 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
05-CA-310115Unfair labor practiceJan 2023Jan 2023ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-308936Unfair labor practiceDec 2022Jul 2023ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-301861Unfair labor practiceAug 2022Sep 2022ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland

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
2025-08-05Referral0$0
2018-01-16Complaint2$0
2017-09-06Complaint83$110,000
2017-07-17Complaint0$0
2016-12-13Complaint1$3,000
2015-06-08Referral0$0
2011-12-01Complaint0$0
2011-06-02Complaint1$5,000
2009-06-17Complaint0$0
2009-04-22Complaint0$0
2006-05-15Complaint0$0
2003-06-03Planned64$1,300
2003-04-23Planned0$0
2000-09-01Complaint0$0
1999-01-05Complaint0$0
1998-09-24Complaint0$0
1998-07-07Complaint11$0
1998-02-04Complaint0$0
1996-03-22Follow-up0$0
1995-12-12Follow-up3$0
1995-08-15Planned4427$0
1993-01-27Planned3837$0
1992-08-19Planned2020$0
1991-07-17Unprogrammed Other0$0
1991-01-09Complaint0$0
1990-12-04Complaint22$0
1989-10-31Complaint11$0
1989-04-14Follow-up1$0
1988-12-07Follow-up0$0
1988-12-07Complaint62$0
1988-02-22Complaint1612$0
1986-10-20Unprogrammed Other0$0
1986-06-25Complaint0$0
1985-10-10Unprogrammed Other0$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.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is U.S. POSTAL SERVICE's OSHA violation history?
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE has 34 OSHA inspections on record with 150 violations and $119,300 in total penalties.