A federal safety inspection of a U.S. Postal Service vehicle maintenance facility after a grease fire revealed that the St. Louis workplace did not charge or inspect fire extinguishers, or maintain a fire alarm system.
A mail truck's wheel hub caught fire on July 3, triggering an inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Workers trying to find a fire extinguisher found two uncharged ones before locating working equipment. No one was injured in the minor blaze.
OSHA fined the USPS $87,000, and cited it for failing to train workers to fight small fires and failing to...
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