OSHA: DBCS Machines Pose Risk to Workers’ Health

Management ‘Lacks Understanding’ of Risks, Agency Concludes The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has hit the Postal Service with another unwelcome finding: Delivery Bar Code Sorter machines pose a direct risk to workers’ health, and there is a “general lack of understanding about the hazards and injuries” associated with the equipment among postal managers. In […]

Union Battles USPS Over Ergonomic Hazards

According to Greg Bell, APWU Director Industrial Relations Locally Filed Osha Complaints and a National Unfair Labor Practice Charge are among the actions taken by the APWU in our ongoing battle with the Postal Service over ergonomic hazards on the Delivery Bar Code Sorter (DBCS). In a March 25, 2009, letter to local presidents [PDF], […]