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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC

8601 VALLEY FORGE LN, OSSEO, MN, 55369
Operated by United Parcel Service · 1 of 2,235 establishments
492110Couriers and Express Delivery Services
EIN 582480149

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OSHA inspections
8
over 16 years
Violations
5
$17,900 in penalties
Penalties
$17,900
$3,580 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
4 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC has accumulated 5 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 16 years of recorded history, with $17,900 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 91st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 46 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 93rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 11 months ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.5 / yr · last 16 yrs
Violations
5
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$17,900
$3,580 avg / violation
60% serious40% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 8

38% of inspections at this establishment produced 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 · $17,900 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
182.677(2)11$6,300Oct 2025Oct 2025
182.677(4)11$6,300Oct 2025Oct 2025
182.677(5)11$2,800Oct 2025Oct 2025
29 CFR 1910.1200 F06 I11$1,800Apr 2024Apr 2024
29 CFR 5205.011003 A11$700Jan 2010Jan 2010

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

91st

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 4921 within MN. Peer group: 46 employers. This establishment has 5 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
93rd
peer median: 2

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
6.3
vs industry
−0.2
TRIR
6.3
vs industry
−1.6

Reported for 47 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.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
7.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
6.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
6.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Complaint
8

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
11 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 11 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$794
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 · $794 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Sep 2022111$794

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 · $794 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Sep 2020 – Sep 2022Local Messengers and Local DeliveryFMLA11$794

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 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MN — for United Parcel Service, not this location alone

Total cases
21
Unfair labor practice
21

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 Parcel 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.). 21 cases · 21 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-372809Unfair labor practiceSep 2025OpenRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-369757Unfair labor practiceJul 2025Jul 2026ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-366187Unfair labor practiceMay 2025Sep 2025ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-366071Unfair labor practiceMay 2025Sep 2025ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-350455Unfair labor practiceSep 2024Jan 2025ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-318008Unfair labor practiceMay 2023Mar 2024ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-242547Unfair labor practiceJun 2019Sep 2019ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-201600Unfair labor practiceJun 2017Oct 2017ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-196549Unfair labor practiceApr 2017Jul 2017ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-177229Unfair labor practiceMay 2016Jun 2016ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-176128Unfair labor practiceMay 2016Jul 2017ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-167042Unfair labor practiceJan 2016Nov 2016ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-142445Unfair labor practiceDec 2014Dec 2014ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-127142Unfair labor practiceApr 2014Jun 2014ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-126537Unfair labor practiceApr 2014May 2014ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-123380Unfair labor practiceFeb 2014Sep 2014ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-120726Unfair labor practiceJan 2014Mar 2014ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-117833Unfair labor practiceNov 2013Dec 2013ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-018499Unfair labor practiceSep 2007Oct 2007ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-017978Unfair labor practiceMar 2006Jun 2006ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-015399Unfair labor practiceOct 1999May 2000ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$40.0M
Disposition
NP
Crime type
Controlled Substances / Drugs / Meth Act

Independent monitor required. First case: 2013-03-29. Most recent: 2013-03-29. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC (across 19 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$176.3M
Obligated (all-time)
$4.4B
Awards (all-time)
12,896

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
2025-08-12Complaint33$15,400
2025-08-12Complaint0$0
2024-01-31Complaint0$0
2024-01-31Complaint1$1,800
2021-04-22Complaint0$0
2013-08-16Complaint0$0
2010-08-30Complaint0$0
2009-12-10Complaint1$700

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC is one of 2,235 establishments rolled up under the parent organization United Parcel Service.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of United Parcel Service across all 2,235 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC 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 Parcel Service, which operates 2,235 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 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC's OSHA violation history?
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 5 violations and $17,900 in total penalties.
How does UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC's safety record compare to its industry?
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC operates in the couriers and express delivery services industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 7.9. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC's self-reported DART rate is 6.34 compared to an industry average of 6.5.