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Mar 6, 2019

USPS’s Defenses to OSHA Citation Rejected

work-related injury claim

In Secretary of Labor v. U.S. Postal Service, OSHRC Docket No. 18-0462, an administrative law judge of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission granted summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of Labor, rejecting two affirmative defenses put forth by the U.S. Postal Service to an other-than-serious citation issued by OSHA on February 26, 2018. The citation alleged the USPS issued a suspension to a worker because he reported a work-related injury, which violated the anti-retaliation provisions of OSHA’s regulation for Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. USPS contested the citation and argued that (1) the alleged standard… Read more