ALJ Decision in U.S. Postal Service, OSHRC Docket No. 22-0016, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
In early September of 2021, due at least in part to record rainfall in the area from tropical storm Ida, the roof collapsed at a processing and distribution center operated by Respondent, the United States Postal Service (USPS), in Newark, New Jersey (Newark Facility). (Tr. 29, 165, 210-11, 268-69, 302, 354-56). The roof collapse forced the closure of the Newark Facility, thus requiring Respondent to reroute the packages that would normally be processed there to Respondent’s Northern Metro facility in Teterboro, New Jersey (Teterboro Plant). (Tr. 29, 164-65, 210-11, 268-70, 289-90).