DES MOINES, IA —
OSHA Inspection: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of U.S. POSTAL SERVICE in 1165 2ND AVENUE, DES MOINES, IA 50318 (NAICS 491110). OSHA activity number 347483919.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- Site address
- 1165 2ND AVENUE
- City
- DES MOINES
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50318
- Mailing
- 1165 2ND AVENUE, DES MOINES, IA 50318
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 491110
- Employees
- 400
- Ownership type
- D
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
1904.39 A02
- Issued
- Sep 3, 2024
- Abate by
- Sep 27, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye: On or about May 15, 2024, the U.S. Postal Service, located at 1165 2nd Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, failed to report an employee hospitalization related to a work-related incident within 24 hours. On May 8, 2024, an employee working in the facility fell while using a cart to reach a radio overhead, the result of the fall was the employee was hospitalized with multiple injuries that required in-patient treatment. The employer did not report this hospitalization until May 13, 2024. The U.S. Postal Service was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1748391, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on December 13, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 735 Vanhoorebeke, Joplin, Missouri.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (R) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 347483919.
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