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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

24 CORLISS STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI, 02904
Operated by United States Postal Service · 1 of 6,877 establishments
491110Postal Service

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OSHA inspections
9
over 41 years
Violations
4
$6,630 in penalties
Penalties
$6,630
$1,658 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 9 inspections over 41 years of recorded history, with $6,630 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 87th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 16 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 93rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 8 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

UNITED STATES 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
9
0.2 / yr · last 41 yrs
Violations
4
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$6,630
$1,658 avg / violation
75% serious25% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 9
Inspection trigger · planned
3 of 9

11% 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. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $6,630 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0178 A0611$2,210Dec 2012Dec 2012
29 CFR 1910.0178 M05 I11$2,210Dec 2012Dec 2012
29 CFR 1910.0178 N07 III11$2,210Dec 2012Dec 2012
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0711Dec 2012Dec 2012

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

87th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 4911 within RI. Peer group: 16 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
87th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
93rd
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Inspection breakdown

Planned
3
Complaint
5

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 STATES POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
8 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 8+ years. Most recent activity: 8 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
2

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 · 3 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Oct 200523

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. 2 cases · 3 violations · $0 in backwages · 2 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Sep 2005 – Oct 2005Postal ServiceFMLA21
Mar 2005 – Oct 2005Postal 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 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in RI — for United States Postal Service, not this location alone

Total cases
409
Unfair labor practice
409

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.). 100 cases · 100 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
01-CA-388428Unfair labor practiceJun 2026OpenRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-388259Unfair labor practiceJun 2026OpenRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-386387Unfair labor practiceMay 2026OpenRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-384321Unfair labor practiceApr 2026Apr 2026ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-383615Unfair labor practiceMar 2026May 2026ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-383431Unfair labor practiceMar 2026May 2026ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-382696Unfair labor practiceMar 2026OpenRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-382278Unfair labor practiceMar 2026Apr 2026ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-380169Unfair labor practiceJan 2026OpenRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-374018Unfair labor practiceSep 2025Dec 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-373950Unfair labor practiceSep 2025Dec 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-373946Unfair labor practiceSep 2025Dec 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-372179Unfair labor practiceAug 2025Sep 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-372112Unfair labor practiceAug 2025Sep 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-372111Unfair labor practiceAug 2025Sep 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-370508Unfair labor practiceJul 2025Aug 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-366544Unfair labor practiceMay 2025OpenRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-366183Unfair labor practiceMay 2025Sep 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-366169Unfair labor practiceMay 2025Jun 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-364032Unfair labor practiceApr 2025OpenRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-362297Unfair labor practiceMar 2025Apr 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-361823Unfair labor practiceMar 2025Mar 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-359840Unfair labor practiceFeb 2025Jan 2026ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-358979Unfair labor practiceJan 2025Mar 2026ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-355484Unfair labor practiceNov 2024Jan 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-355482Unfair labor practiceNov 2024Jan 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-354562Unfair labor practiceNov 2024Feb 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-351680Unfair labor practiceSep 2024OpenRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-345402Unfair labor practiceJul 2024OpenRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-339379Unfair labor practiceApr 2024Apr 2024ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-338413Unfair labor practiceMar 2024May 2024ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-336591Unfair labor practiceFeb 2024Mar 2024ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-333595Unfair labor practiceJan 2024Jan 2024ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-331340Unfair labor practiceDec 2023Jan 2024ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-324412Unfair labor practiceAug 2023Jan 2024ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-324342Unfair labor practiceAug 2023Oct 2023ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-322568Unfair labor practiceJul 2023Aug 2023ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-319973Unfair labor practiceJun 2023Jul 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-318656Unfair labor practiceMay 2023Jun 2023ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-318186Unfair labor practiceMay 2023Aug 2023ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-315380Unfair labor practiceMar 2023Jan 2024ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-314703Unfair labor practiceMar 2023May 2023ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-314042Unfair labor practiceMar 2023May 2023ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-314036Unfair labor practiceMar 2023Aug 2023ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-307758Unfair labor practiceNov 2022Dec 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-307482Unfair labor practiceNov 2022Nov 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-307371Unfair labor practiceNov 2022Nov 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-302772Unfair labor practiceSep 2022Jun 2023ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-302770Unfair labor practiceSep 2022Jun 2023ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-302006Unfair labor practiceAug 2022Oct 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-301970Unfair labor practiceAug 2022Aug 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-301146Unfair labor practiceAug 2022Oct 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-300150Unfair labor practiceJul 2022Sep 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-299969Unfair labor practiceJul 2022Jul 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-299950Unfair labor practiceJul 2022Aug 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-298862Unfair labor practiceJul 2022Aug 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-298773Unfair labor practiceJul 2022Jul 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-295714Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jul 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-294413Unfair labor practiceApr 2022May 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-293716Unfair labor practiceApr 2022Jan 2023ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-293048Unfair labor practiceMar 2022Apr 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-292396Unfair labor practiceMar 2022Apr 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-290937Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Mar 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-290924Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Mar 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-290503Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022May 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-290465Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Mar 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-289992Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Mar 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-289803Unfair labor practiceJan 2022Feb 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-289610Unfair labor practiceJan 2022Mar 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-289344Unfair labor practiceJan 2022Oct 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-288677Unfair labor practiceJan 2022Jan 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-288017Unfair labor practiceDec 2021Mar 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-287983Unfair labor practiceDec 2021Mar 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-287717Unfair labor practiceDec 2021Dec 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-287079Unfair labor practiceDec 2021Jan 2023ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-284784Unfair labor practiceOct 2021Sep 2023ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-284760Unfair labor practiceOct 2021Oct 2022ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-284368Unfair labor practiceOct 2021Oct 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-282765Unfair labor practiceSep 2021Oct 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-282475Unfair labor practiceSep 2021Sep 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-282109Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Oct 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-282046Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Aug 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-282043Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Aug 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-281199Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Aug 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-281191Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Sep 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-281123Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Aug 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-281120Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Aug 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-280779Unfair labor practiceJul 2021Aug 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-280768Unfair labor practiceJul 2021Aug 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-277243Unfair labor practiceMay 2021Aug 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-277225Unfair labor practiceMay 2021Aug 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-277222Unfair labor practiceMay 2021Aug 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-277208Unfair labor practiceMay 2021May 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-276428Unfair labor practiceApr 2021Aug 2023ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-276415Unfair labor practiceApr 2021Aug 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-276252Unfair labor practiceApr 2021Aug 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-274268Unfair labor practiceMar 2021Apr 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-273942Unfair labor practiceMar 2021Mar 2024ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-273591Unfair labor practiceMar 2021Mar 2024ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-273287Unfair labor practiceFeb 2021Apr 2021ClosedRegion 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 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for UNITED STATES 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 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$246
Awards
2
Top agency
Department of Veterans Affairs
$246
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.

Largest awards
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    500 FOREVER (.41 CENT) STAMPS
    contract · Last action 2008-03-05
    $205
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    5 BOOKS OF STAMPS - AMERICAN FLAT BKLT (100 .41 CE
    contract · Last action 2008-01-08
    $41

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Last action: 2008-03-05. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2018-03-26Complaint0$0
2016-01-06Complaint0$0
2015-12-22Complaint0$0
2014-09-03Complaint0$0
2014-05-08Monitoring0$0
2012-09-11Complaint0$0
2012-06-21Planned43$6,630
1986-07-09Planned0$0
1984-09-20Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE is one of 6,877 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 6,877 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on UNITED STATES 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 6,877 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 STATES POSTAL SERVICE's OSHA violation history?
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE has 9 OSHA inspections on record with 4 violations and $6,630 in total penalties.