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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

147 QUIGLEY BLVD, NEW CASTLE, DE, 19720
Operated by United States Postal Service · 1 of 6,877 establishments
491110Postal Service

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OSHA inspections
6
over 13 years
Violations
13
$276,566 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 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE has accumulated 13 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 13 years of recorded history, with $276,566 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 92nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 13 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 92nd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 months 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
6
0.5 / yr · last 13 yrs
Violations
13
1.0 / yr
Penalties
$276,566
$21,274 avg / violation
54% serious46% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
6 of 6

50% 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. 13 distinct standards shown · 13 citations in this view · $276,566 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0036 D0111$76,043Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0711$63,382Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0037 A0411$50,699Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0141 D02 II11$38,022Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III11$10,140Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0178 L04 III11$10,140Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0179 J01 II A11$10,140Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0211$6,000Jul 2022Jul 2022
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$6,000Jul 2022Jul 2022
29 CFR 1910.0303 G0111$4,000Jul 2022Jul 2022
29 CFR 1910.0141 A04 II11$2,000Jul 2022Jul 2022
29 CFR 1910.0179 J02 III11Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11Jul 2022Jul 2022

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

92nd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 4911 within DE. Peer group: 13 employers. This establishment has 13 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $1,925
Inspection frequency
92nd
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

Complaint
6

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 2019

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
1
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 11, 2019Shooting by other person-unintentionalFoot (feet), unspecifiedHospitalized
Feb 21, 2017Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

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

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 5 months 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
Jul 2020Postal 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 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Total cases
171
Unfair labor practice
171

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
04-CA-379614Unfair labor practiceJan 2026OpenRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-377591Unfair labor practiceDec 2025Jan 2026ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-362251Unfair labor practiceMar 2025Apr 2025ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-362250Unfair labor practiceMar 2025Apr 2025ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-342480Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Jun 2024ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-341619Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Aug 2024ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-339453Unfair labor practiceApr 2024Apr 2024ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-338605Unfair labor practiceMar 2024Apr 2024ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-331608Unfair labor practiceDec 2023Dec 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-329766Unfair labor practiceNov 2023Dec 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-329125Unfair labor practiceNov 2023Mar 2024ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-326743Unfair labor practiceSep 2023Jul 2024ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-326726Unfair labor practiceSep 2023Jul 2024ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-324790Unfair labor practiceAug 2023Sep 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-317160Unfair labor practiceMay 2023May 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-312298Unfair labor practiceFeb 2023Mar 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-310468Unfair labor practiceJan 2023Mar 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
05-CA-308456Unfair labor practiceDec 2022Oct 2024ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-308409Unfair labor practiceDec 2022Oct 2024ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
04-CA-307367Unfair labor practiceNov 2022Dec 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-307015Unfair labor practiceNov 2022Jun 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-305106Unfair labor practiceOct 2022Sep 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-304744Unfair labor practiceOct 2022Jul 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-304161Unfair labor practiceSep 2022Aug 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-302327Unfair labor practiceAug 2022Mar 2024ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-302320Unfair labor practiceAug 2022Sep 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-302036Unfair labor practiceAug 2022Oct 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
05-CA-300958Unfair labor practiceAug 2022Apr 2025ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
04-CA-297122Unfair labor practiceJun 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-296305Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Mar 2026ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-296079Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Aug 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-295535Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-295533Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-295532Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-295531Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-295528Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-295527Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-295524Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-295519Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-295268Unfair labor practiceMay 2022May 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-295054Unfair labor practiceMay 2022May 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-295052Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-293144Unfair labor practiceMar 2022Aug 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-292051Unfair labor practiceMar 2022May 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
05-CA-291509Unfair labor practiceMar 2022Mar 2025ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-291485Unfair labor practiceMar 2022Mar 2025ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
04-CA-291389Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Mar 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-291350Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Mar 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
05-CA-291013Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Mar 2022ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-291012Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Mar 2022ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
04-CA-290757Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022May 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-290346Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Mar 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-290123Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Feb 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-290117Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Jan 2024ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-290116Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Jan 2024ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-289702Unfair labor practiceJan 2022Sep 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-288984Unfair labor practiceJan 2022Jan 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-288167Unfair labor practiceDec 2021Jan 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-287932Unfair labor practiceDec 2021Apr 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-287829Unfair labor practiceDec 2021Sep 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-287647Unfair labor practiceDec 2021Jan 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-286662Unfair labor practiceNov 2021Jun 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-286432Unfair labor practiceNov 2021Dec 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-286224Unfair labor practiceNov 2021Jan 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
05-CA-286169Unfair labor practiceNov 2021Nov 2021ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
04-CA-282501Unfair labor practiceSep 2021Sep 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-282236Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Feb 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-282195Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Oct 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-282183Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Mar 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-282176Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Oct 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-282174Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Oct 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-282173Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Oct 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-281575Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Sep 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-281478Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Feb 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-281470Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Sep 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-281067Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Sep 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-281055Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Sep 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-280925Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Aug 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-280918Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Sep 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-280590Unfair labor practiceJul 2021Aug 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-280045Unfair labor practiceJul 2021Sep 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-279886Unfair labor practiceJul 2021Aug 2023ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-279863Unfair labor practiceJul 2021Sep 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-277545Unfair labor practiceMay 2021Aug 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-277242Unfair labor practiceMay 2021Jul 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-276885Unfair labor practiceMay 2021Jul 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-276249Unfair labor practiceApr 2021Jul 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-276074Unfair labor practiceApr 2021Jul 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-275419Unfair labor practiceApr 2021Jul 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-274558Unfair labor practiceMar 2021Apr 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-273066Unfair labor practiceFeb 2021Sep 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-275663Unfair labor practiceFeb 2021May 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-272536Unfair labor practiceFeb 2021Mar 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-272073Unfair labor practiceFeb 2021Mar 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-271059Unfair labor practiceJan 2021Jan 2022ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
05-CA-270501Unfair labor practiceDec 2020Jul 2021ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
04-CA-270452Unfair labor practiceDec 2020Jan 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
05-CA-269137Unfair labor practiceNov 2020Dec 2020ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-269040Unfair labor practiceNov 2020Nov 2020ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
04-CA-268847Unfair labor practiceNov 2020Dec 2020ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

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
2025-12-29Complaint0$0
2024-06-13Complaint1$38,022
2024-06-13Complaint0$0
2024-04-15Complaint74$220,544
2022-02-01Complaint53$18,000
2012-07-24Complaint0$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 6 OSHA inspections on record with 13 violations and $276,566 in total penalties.