“Why was the machine not stopped? Why was someone not looking for him? He did not sign out. Why was his card signed out?” Dingell said. “There are very serious issues that people need to be held accountable for. We need to get the facts,” Dingell said.
November 18, 2025 On Saturday, November 15, just one week after Nick Acker’s death in Detroit, another postal worker died at the Palmetto, Georgia USPS Processing and Distribution center. The family confirmed with the World Socialist Web Site that Russell Scruggs, Jr. is the worker who lost his life. The cause of death has not yet been reported and … Read more
We are calling on postal management to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation of Acker’s death and to cooperate fully with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Detroit District Area Local, and the national APWU to ensure such a tragedy never occurs again.
The Postal Service is reminding employees to always practice safety when operating mail processing and other equipment.
The Postal Inspection Service has released a documentary about the agency’s investigation into the tragic death of a USPS employee in 2019.
The whistleblower alleged to my office that the Postal Service, which is an independent government agency, had hired registered sex offenders as mail carriers.
Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Postal Service’s Workplace Violence Prevention Program from fiscal year 2022 through 2024.
Our objective was to evaluate trends in service and operational performance at previously audited mail processing facilities to determine potential areas for improvement.