A USPS mechanic’s arm is amputated after being dragged into a car without a safety guard at a distribution center in North Carolina.
- A USPS employee suffered a horrific injury after getting his hand caught in a car.
- The arm had to be amputated after it was mutilated at the Greensboro Postal Center.
- The USPS has allowed unskilled workers to test live electrical equipment without protective gear due to a number of safety violations in North America. Caroline
- The US Department of Labor fined the USPS $170,918 for the incident.
An official investigation has revealed that a mechanic working for the US Postal Service had his arm amputated after he got stuck in a car.
The worker’s arm was stuck in the machine with the safety guard removed and later had to be amputated in what the U.S. Department of Labor called a “life-changing injury.”
The incident took place on September 27, 2021 in North Carolina at the Greensboro Network Distribution Center, a bulk mail processing center with heavy conveyor lines.
A U.S. Postal Service truck drives into Philadelphia as the Postal Service is under investigation after an arm was amputated in a horrific accident.
The Department of Labor stated that the USPS did not “train personnel in working near conveyors or proper methods for the safe operation of equipment using lockout/tagging security measures.”
He added that the USPS has allowed unskilled workers to test live electrical equipment without protective gear.
The US Department said the USPS is “ignoring long-established safety standards” and “putting workers at risk,” said OSHA regional director Kimberly Morton in Raleigh, North Carolina.
“USPS has an obligation to address hazards to provide a safe working environment and prevent tragic and life-threatening injury to another worker.”
The Department of Labor intends to fine USPS $170,918 for safety violations.
USPS will be fined $170,918 after a series of security breaches.
The USPS created a program to terminate injured employees who complained about their injury, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOO) found in an April 2018 class action lawsuit.
Since 2006, the USPS has laid off or forced nearly 44,000 employees who were injured on the job, according to EEOO.
More than 42,000 USPS employees were compensated for workplace injuries in 2017, and 12 workers died on the job, according to the Guardian.
“Out of 5,659 complaints filed with the USPS, 1,283 contained allegations of discrimination based on race (Black/African American),” the EEOO said in a statement.
In addition to routinely firing injured workers, the USPS also unlawfully disclosed private medical information about injured workers across the country.
The Postal Service is still fighting the class action by refusing to settle.