U.s. Postal Service
SEATTLE, Washington · NAICS 491110 · ~68 employees on site
- Repeat violation on record
- $3,815 in penalties per on-site worker
- 4 Serious-or-worse violations
Safety record at a glance
U.s. Postal Service is a Washington-based employer with 86 OSHA inspections on file (covering 2015-2026). Across those inspections, OSHA cited 22 violations — of which 4 were Serious, Willful, or Repeat, with a total of $259,406 in federal penalties assessed.
Inspection & violation trend
Year-by-year activity, citations issued, and reported workplace incidents.
Hover any year for detail. Counts reflect inspections, citations, and accidents on file at OSHA — final dispositions and amounts may change after appeals or settlement.
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All OSHA inspections at U.s. Postal Service
14 inspections with citations, 72 closed clean or still open. Click any inspection for the full citation list.
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How to read this record
An OSHA inspection record describes federal enforcement activity — it does not capture every workplace safety event at a company. A few caveats:
OSHA Violations Tracker indexes inspections opened on or after 2021-01-01. Older history is at OSHA’s establishment search.
OSHA records are keyed by physical establishment, not parent company. A large employer may operate many sites across states.
Many inspections close with no violations — that’s a positive signal, not a missing data row.
Final amounts may differ after informal conferences or settlement. We show what OSHA has on file today.
Full methodology, scoring details, and known limitations: /methodology.
Frequently asked questions about U.s. Postal Service
U.s. Postal Service earned a D safety grade (69/100) — below average. The grade reflects severity of past citations, accident history, and how recent the most-recent inspection is. See the methodology for the full scoring algorithm.
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