Establishment profile
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER
4949 E. VAN BUREN VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FACILITY, PHOENIX, AZ, 85026
Operated by United States Postal Service · 1 of 6,876 establishments
491110 — Postal Service
Summary
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER has accumulated 5 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 23 years of recorded history, with $11,218 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 95th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 22 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 81st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, 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. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.
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. 5 distinct standards shown · 5 citations in this view · $11,218 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $6,218 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2021 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 | 1 | 1 | $4,000 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $500 | Jan 2003 | Jan 2003 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 D01 | 1 | 1 | $500 | Jan 2003 | Jan 2003 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F06 II | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2021 | Mar 2021 |
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 nearly every other employer in NAICS 4911 within AZ. Peer group: 22 employers. This establishment has 5 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application →
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) · May 2018 – Dec 2019
Most frequent event: Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2019 | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized | |
| May 2, 2018 | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface | Ankle(s) | 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 5+ years. Most recent activity: 5 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, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
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, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER. 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, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER. 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, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER. 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-26 | Complaint | 2 | 1 | $6,218 | |
| 2020-01-09 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2018-08-10 | Complaint | 1 | 1 | $4,000 | |
| 2002-12-03 | Planned | 2 | 2 | $1,000 |
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, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER 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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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
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER 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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- What is U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER's OSHA violation history?
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, PROCESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 5 violations and $11,218 in total penalties.