June 2, 2023 National Dog Bite Awareness Week, an annual USPS public service safety campaign, runs from Sunday, June 4, to Saturday, June 10, this year. âEven good dogs have bad daysâ is this yearâs theme. âWhen our mail carriers are bitten, it is usually a âgood dogâ that had not previously behaved in a…
At the United States Postal ServiceÂź, lifting and handling injuries are a major contributor to lost workdays from injuries. Additionally, according to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, back disorders are one of the leading causes of disability for people in their working years. With the Postal Serviceâs increased emphasis on package delivery,…
By Stacey O’Connor – March 1, 2018 BENTON âU.S. District Judge David Herndon has dismissed a former U.S. Postal Service worker’s disability claim. Madelaine Sattlefield had filed a second amended complaint and in response to the Office of Personnel Management’s motion to dismiss, claiming federal court at the Southern District of Illionis had jurisdiction through…
DOL News Release – May 11, 2016 New federal requirements take effect August 10, 2016 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule to modernize injury data collection to better inform workers, employers, the public and OSHA about workplace hazards. With this new rule, OSHA is…
By Dr. David Michaels and Joseph Main – April 27, 2015 Chad Weller grew up in Maryland. He liked hunting and fishing and planned to join the Navy. Chad was a communication tower technician, and he died a year ago when he fell from a tower. Today, his mother will join us and our colleagues…
AÂ guide to NALCâs hands-on help for navigating the workersâ compensation labyrinth; NALCâs Regional Workersâ Compensation Assistants via March 2015 | National Association of Letter Carriers AFL-CIO.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. â A postal employee at the main U.S. Post Office was taken to Rhode Island Hospital early Thursday morning after a forklift he was operating accidentally struck a support beam inside the facility at 24 Corliss St., according to the Providence police. The man was taken to Rhode Island Hospital with injuries that…
White Papers – HR-WP-14-003 08/18/2014 Executive Summary Enacted in 1916, the Federal Employeesâ Compensation Act (FECA) provides medical, compensation, death, and vocational rehabilitation benefits to civilian federal employees who sustain injuries â including occupational disease â because of their employment with the federal government. The U.S. Congress amended FECA in 1974 to provide continuation of…
