USPS: Use MIRT to track hazardous material incidents

Posted on January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 by 21cpw

The Postal Inspection Service is reminding USPS employees about an online tool that makes it easier to track hazardous material incidents within the postal network. The Mailpiece Incident Report Tool (MIRT) is a data repository for reporting leaks and spills, as well as hazardous material incidents at Postal Service facilities. MIRT must be used to…

13 Postal Workers Hospitalized for Heat-Related Illness at Chicago’s River North Post Office

Posted on July 30, 2016September 22, 2018 by 21cpw

By Laura Podesta – July 30, 2016 CHICAGO (WLS) — Ambulances rushed 13 employees at a River North post office to the hospital with heat-related illness Saturday morning, according to the Chicago Fire Department. According to witnesses, temperatures inside the facility at Ohio and Dearborn were near 100 degrees and they said it has been…