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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

1050 FORBELL STREET, BROOKLYN, NY, 11256
Operated by United States Postal Service · 1 of 6,876 establishments
491110Postal Service
EIN 410760000

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OSHA inspections
27
over 40 years
Violations
63
$101,329 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 fatalities · 2 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE has accumulated 63 OSHA violations across 27 inspections over 40 years of recorded history, with $101,329 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 111 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
27
0.7 / yr · last 40 yrs
Violations
63
1.6 / yr
Penalties
$101,329
$1,608 avg / violation
57% serious43% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
15 of 27
Inspection trigger · planned
7 of 27

59% 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 · 28 citations in this view · $97,779 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0933Jan 1994Jan 1996
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0433Jan 1994Jan 1996
29 CFR 1910.0030 A0322$8,500Jun 2002Jun 2003
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q0122$500Jan 1993Jan 2007
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0122Jan 1996Jan 1996
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0122Sep 1989Jan 1996
29 CFR 1904.0039 A0211$48,765Aug 2021Aug 2021
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$9,500Jun 2018Jun 2018
29 CFR 1910.0107 B0911$4,838Jun 2018Jun 2018
29 CFR 1910.0253 B04 III11$4,838Jun 2018Jun 2018
29 CFR 1910.0134 D03 III B 211$4,838Jun 2018Jun 2018
29 CFR 1910.0178 L04 IIB11$3,500Mar 2006Mar 2006
29 CFR 1910.0178 M05 I11$2,750Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$2,500Jul 2001Jul 2001
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q06 I11$2,000Jun 2003Jun 2003
29 CFR 1910.0178 L11$2,000Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0176 B11$1,000Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0037 A0311$750Mar 2006Mar 2006
29 CFR 1910.0178 A0411$750Mar 2006Mar 2006
29 CFR 1910.0022 B0111$750Jun 2002Jun 2002

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

99th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4911 within NY. Peer group: 111 employers. This establishment has 63 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
14.0
vs industry
TRIR
14.0
vs industry

Reported for 46 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
7
Complaint
15
Referral
1
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) · Feb 2017 – Jun 2021 · 1 in last 5 years

Reports
3
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

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 27, 2021Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecifiedBrainHospitalized
Nov 15, 2017Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feetMultiple head locationsHospitalized
Feb 16, 2017Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFingertip(s)Amputation

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
Feb 22, 2021Blunt force,Blunt force trauma,Concrete,Driver,Equipment Operator,Fall,Industrial Truck,Material Handling,Medical Condition,Medical History,Powered Industrial Vehicle,Tractor,Underlying Medical Condition,Walking SurfaceFatality11
May 1, 2018CollapseFatality11

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
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
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

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

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. 1 case · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jun 2004Postal Service1

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

Total cases
36
Unfair labor practice
36

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.). 36 cases · 36 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
02-CA-327822Unfair labor practiceOct 2023May 2024ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
02-CA-319588Unfair labor practiceJun 2023Jan 2025ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
02-CA-305282Unfair labor practiceOct 2022Apr 2023ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
02-CA-303696Unfair labor practiceSep 2022Oct 2022ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
02-CA-298573Unfair labor practiceJul 2022Mar 2026ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
02-CA-288810Unfair labor practiceJan 2022Mar 2022ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
02-CA-288077Unfair labor practiceDec 2021Jan 2022ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
02-CA-284763Unfair labor practiceOct 2021Nov 2021ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
02-CA-284060Unfair labor practiceOct 2021Oct 2021ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
29-CA-260532Unfair labor practiceMay 2020Jun 2020ClosedRegion 29, Brooklyn, New York
29-CA-258023Unfair labor practiceMar 2020May 2020ClosedRegion 29, Brooklyn, New York
02-CA-089117Unfair labor practiceSep 2012May 2013ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
02-CA-073011Unfair labor practiceJan 2012Mar 2012ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
02-CA-061782Unfair labor practiceJul 2011Sep 2011ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
29-CA-030890Unfair labor practiceJul 2011Sep 2011ClosedRegion 29, Brooklyn, New York
29-CA-030773Unfair labor practiceMay 2011May 2011ClosedRegion 29, Brooklyn, New York
03-CA-027833Unfair labor practiceOct 2010Nov 2010ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-027555Unfair labor practiceFeb 2010Mar 2010ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-026859Unfair labor practiceSep 2008Aug 2009ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-026417Unfair labor practiceAug 2007Oct 2009ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
02-CA-038084Unfair labor practiceJan 2007Aug 2008ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
02-CA-038083Unfair labor practiceJan 2007Aug 2008ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
03-CA-025575Unfair labor practiceSep 2005Nov 2005ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
02-CA-036968Unfair labor practiceApr 2005Aug 2005ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
03-CA-025035Unfair labor practiceSep 2004Jul 2006ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-024338Unfair labor practiceJul 2003Oct 2003ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-024125Unfair labor practiceMar 2003Jun 2003ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
34-CA-009600Unfair labor practiceMar 2001Jul 2002ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
34-CA-009590Unfair labor practiceFeb 2001Apr 2001ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
34-CA-009553Unfair labor practiceJan 2001Apr 2001ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
34-CA-009156Unfair labor practiceFeb 2000Oct 2003ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
34-CA-008192Unfair labor practiceJan 1998Oct 2003ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
34-CA-008188Unfair labor practiceJan 1998Sep 2003ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
34-CA-008187Unfair labor practiceJan 1998Sep 2003ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
02-CA-030839Unfair labor practiceOct 1997Jan 2000ClosedRegion 02, New York, New York
34-CA-008041Unfair labor practiceSep 1997Nov 2002ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts

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
2024-03-05Planned0$0
2021-03-01Fatality/Catastrophe1$48,765
2018-05-24Fatality/Catastrophe0$0
2017-12-15Referral77$24,014
2016-02-17Complaint2$1,300
2012-05-23Planned0$0
2006-12-21Complaint0$0
2006-08-14Planned32$1,500
2006-03-15Complaint5$5,000
2005-07-22Complaint0$0
2004-05-19Complaint0$0
2003-01-06Complaint21$9,000
2002-07-19Complaint0$0
2002-06-13Follow-up0$0
2002-03-19Complaint7$9,250
2001-07-17Complaint2$2,500
1999-05-12Complaint1$0
1995-08-03Planned77$0
1995-07-31Complaint11$0
1995-07-27Planned86$0
1995-07-13Complaint0$0
1993-12-02Planned99$0
1993-04-30Follow-up0$0
1992-08-20Complaint43$0
1989-08-08Complaint3$0
1987-11-06Complaint1$0
1985-09-11Planned0$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 27 OSHA inspections on record with 63 violations and $101,329 in total penalties.
Has U.S. POSTAL SERVICE had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 2 fatality investigations involving U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.