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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

1720 MARKET STREET, SAINT LOUIS, MO, 63155
Operated by United States Postal Service · 1 of 6,890 establishments
491110Postal Service
EIN 410760000

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OSHA inspections
54
over 38 years
Violations
141
$49,491 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 hospitalizations · 2 National Emphasis Program inspections · 8 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE has accumulated 141 OSHA violations across 54 inspections over 38 years of recorded history, with $49,491 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 94 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
54
1.4 / yr · last 38 yrs
Violations
141
3.7 / yr
Penalties
$49,491
$351 avg / violation
73% serious27% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
39 of 54
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 54

50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 19 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 · 45 citations in this view · $12,666 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0133$10,938Mar 2006Jul 2013
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0133$750Jun 1990Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.1200 H33Jun 1990Jan 1995
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0932Jun 1990Dec 1994
29 CFR 1020.1 A32Jun 1990Jun 1990
29 CFR 1910.0022 B0122$978Dec 2002Mar 2016
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0122Jun 1990Dec 2013
29 CFR 1910.0303 F22Dec 2002Mar 2006
29 CFR 1910.0304 A0222Jun 1990Aug 1996
29 CFR 1910.0134 B1022Jun 1990Jan 1995
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II22Jun 1990Jan 1995
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0522Jun 1990Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0222Sep 1991Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I22Jun 1990Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0222Jun 1990Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0122Jun 1990Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0321Dec 1994Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0422Jun 1990Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 III22Jun 1990Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0178 K0122Jun 1990Sep 1990

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 MO. Peer group: 94 employers. This establishment has 141 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
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
13.0
vs industry
TRIR
13.0
vs industry

Reported for 28 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
39
Referral
3
Follow-up
3

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) · Jan 2020

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
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
Jan 21, 2020Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecifiedAnkle(s)Hospitalized

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
Jan 21, 2020Ankle,Backing Up,Blunt force,Blunt force trauma,Forklift,Material Handling,Run Over,Struck By,Torso11

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 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 · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Feb 201611

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

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Dec 2015 – Feb 2016Postal ServiceFMLA11

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

Total cases
6
Unfair labor practice
6

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.). 6 cases · 6 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
17-CA-023964Unfair labor practiceSep 2007Nov 2007ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-023953Unfair labor practiceAug 2007Jul 2008ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-023915Unfair labor practiceJul 2007Jul 2007ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-023913Unfair labor practiceJul 2007Mar 2008ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-023902Unfair labor practiceJun 2007Jul 2007ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-023386Unfair labor practiceJan 2006Jan 2008ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

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)
8,922

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
2024-06-25Complaint0$0
2021-10-21Complaint11$14,502
2021-06-24Complaint0$0
2021-04-22Complaint0$0
2020-01-31Referral0$0
2018-05-01Follow-up0$0
2018-04-26Complaint0$0
2017-10-31Complaint1$1,000
2017-01-24Complaint1$3,386
2016-02-29Complaint0$0
2016-01-14Complaint1$500
2015-11-12Complaint0$0
2015-05-21Complaint21$2,750
2013-08-08Referral42$5,000
2013-05-06Complaint22$14,000
2012-03-05Complaint0$0
2011-12-01Complaint0$0
2011-11-14Complaint0$0
2011-06-03Complaint0$0
2011-01-13Complaint1$0
2010-12-07Complaint11$3,000
2010-08-09Complaint1$500
2010-05-05Complaint1$0
2010-02-25Complaint0$0
2007-10-05Complaint11$1,000
2007-09-11Complaint11$750
2007-06-29Complaint0$0
2006-02-08Complaint66$2,625
2003-04-04Complaint0$0
2002-11-26Complaint31$478
2002-08-26Complaint0$0
2002-03-29Complaint0$0
2001-02-22Complaint0$0
1999-12-10Complaint1$0
1999-09-21Complaint1$0
1998-04-21Complaint55$0
1996-05-29Referral44$0
1995-12-01Complaint33$0
1994-09-29Planned2118$0
1994-09-29Planned2213$0
1993-09-07Unprogrammed Other0$0
1993-08-31Complaint0$0
1992-06-01Complaint11$0
1991-06-28Complaint21$0
1991-02-26Follow-up0$0
1990-12-07Complaint0$0
1990-09-18Follow-up0$0
1990-08-17Complaint2$0
1990-04-23Planned3434$0
1990-04-23Planned188$0
1988-06-23Unprogrammed Other0$0
1988-06-23Unprogrammed Other0$0
1988-06-23Unprogrammed Other0$0
1988-06-22Unprogrammed 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 6,890 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 6,890 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 6,890 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 54 OSHA inspections on record with 141 violations and $49,491 in total penalties.