Postal Service employees must complete this year’s heat safety training

January 31, 2024 It’s never too early to think about heat safety. The Postal Service’s mandatory Heat Illness Prevention Program (HIPP) training is now available in HERO. The course is titled “FY24 Heat Stress Recognition and Prevention” and must be completed by Friday, March 15. Facility managers are responsible for ensuring the course is presented…

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What will APWU do to ensure others don’t die from COVID-19 and management’s negligence?

This evening an Electronic Technician at North Metro in Georgia died of COVID-19. This should weigh heavily on USPS’s shoulders and especially those who were directly involved and aware at Metro Georgia. An E.T. lost his life to COVID-19 that he contracted while performing his bid job duties at this plant. OSHA has fined this…

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USPS faces nearly $150,000 in penalties for heat-related death of mail carrier

By Brenda Gazzar – Jan 10, 2019 Federal workplace safety investigators have cited the U.S. Postal Service for violations totaling nearly $150,000 following the heat-related death of a mail carrier in Woodland Hills this past summer, officials announced Thursday. Veteran carrier Peggy Frank, 63, was found dead in her non-air-conditioned mail truck in Woodland Hills…

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USPS worker electrocuted at Shannon Street post office

By Dede Willis – Jan 08, 2019 A United States Postal Service employee was electrocuted Tuesday at the post office on Shannon Street in Monroe. The incident was initially reported around 9:40 a.m. First responders attempted to revive Paul W. Gammill, age 47, with CPR at the scene. The man was electrocuted while changing out…

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Here’s How Hot It Is Inside a Mail Truck

Published on July 19, 2018 It was a day of blistering heat in Southern California, and now the family of mail carrier Peggy Frank, 63, wants to know whether she was killed by extreme temperatures while on the job. Frank was found dead in her mail truck in Los Angeles earlier this month. The temperature…

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AFL-CIO: Workers Memorial Day observed April 28

On April 28, the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job and to renew the fight for safe jobs. This year we will come together to defend hard-won victories by working people from attacks by right-wing Republicans and business groups. We will commit…

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APWU: Months before post office tragedy, employees complained about parking lot safety

By Caitlin Mota – April 22, 2016 KEARNY — Months before a Jersey City woman was fatally struck by a van at the post office where she worked, employee representatives had asked that safety improvements be made to the facility’s parking lot. Today marks one month since 54-year-old Nadia Assad died after being struck by…

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Man killed while repairing U.S. Postal Service truck in Hicksville Vehicle Maintenance Facility

WOODBURY – A man was killed while repairing a U.S. Postal Service truck in Hicksville Wednesday morning. Police say David Zimmerly was fixing the truck at the postal service’s maintenance facility on Ludy Street. Authorities say another employee didn’t see Zimmerly under the truck when he went to go move it and ran him over….

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