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UPS: OSHA inspections and violations

Earth City, Missouri · Couriers and Express Delivery Services · NAICS 492110

9inspections
1citation items
$4,250current penalties
Jan 22, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected UPS 9 times in Missouri since 2010.

The latest one began on Jan 22, 2025, in Pevely.

Those inspections ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $4,250 and still stand at $4,250.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $3,555, and UPS averages $4,250 (1 cited inspection).

UPS also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 9 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

UPS: OSHA citation items per year, 2010 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348001959 OPENED JAN 22, 2025Closed

Programmed other · Partial · Health · 60 employees at the site · Closed Mar 26, 2025

8921 Weier Road, Pevely, MO 63070 · Couriers and Express Delivery Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 346074669 OPENED JUL 13, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 104 employees at the site · Closed Jan 10, 2023

4902 Se Hwy 169, Saint Joseph, MO 64507 · Couriers and Express Delivery Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 346071806 OPENED JUL 12, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 15 employees at the site · Closed Jan 10, 2023

840 Industrial Road, Chillicothe, MO 64601 · Couriers and Express Delivery Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 341714889 OPENED AUG 22, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 2,200 employees at the site · Closed Aug 25, 2016

13818 Rider Trail North, Earth City, MO 63045 · Couriers and Express Delivery Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 341314797 OPENED MAR 10, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 2,255 employees at the site · Closed Mar 17, 2016

13818 Rider Trail Drive, Earth City, MO 63045 · Postal Service · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 341175867 OPENED JAN 12, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 1,801 employees at the site · Closed Jan 29, 2016

13818 Rider Trail North, Earth City, MO 63045 · Private Mail Centers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 340778174 OPENED JUL 15, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Jan 6, 2016

60 Industrial Drive, Farmington, MO 63640 · Private Mail Centers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i) · Using electrical equipment
Serious$4,250$4,250Sep 30, 2015Final

Inspection 339930943 OPENED AUG 29, 2014Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · No inspection · Safety · 45 employees at the site · Closed Sep 3, 2014

20 Goodwin, Festus, MO 63028 · General Freight Trucking, Local · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

1 older inspection

Inspection 315137455 OPENED NOV 23, 2010Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 300 employees at the site · Closed Jan 18, 2011

520 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103 · Couriers and Express Delivery Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Earth City site logged 116 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 2,243 workers: 7.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 7.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 2,120 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Moear - Earth City
Earth City · 2025
2,243 116387.17.8
Mostl - ST. Louis
St. Louis · 2025
446 28118.97.8
Moert - Motown
Earth City · 2025
169 1339.57.8
Mopev - Pevely
Pevely · 2025
109 11212.77.8
Mofar - Farmington
Farmington · 2025
64 5110.67.8
Mochi - Chillicothe
Chillicothe · 2025
46 10530.27.8

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 9 reports on file, the 6 most recent shown.

Jul 28, 2023, Earth City: Hospitalization · multiple effects of heat and light · body systems

An employee had been delivering packages and sustained heat exhaustion/dehydration.

Jul 13, 2022, Earth City: Hospitalization · effects of heat and light, unspecified · body systems

After delivering packages, an employee became sick and developed leg cramps. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat-related illness.

Jul 5, 2022, Chillicothe: Hospitalization · effects of heat and light, unspecified · body systems

An employee had been driving and delivering packages when they felt ill and sustained heat-related illness.

Jul 5, 2022, Saint Joseph: Hospitalization · effects of heat and light, unspecified · body systems

After completing their package delivery route, an employee returned to the facility experiencing heat stress and cramping.

Nov 23, 2021, Earth City: Hospitalization · fractures and dislocations · elbow(s)

An employee tripped and fell on the ground, suffering a broken and dislocated elbow. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Aug 8, 2018, Earth City: Hospitalization · fractures · hip(s)

An employee was standing on a pallet when her foot became caught. She then tripped and fell, breaking her hip.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.334 · Using electrical equipment

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i)

(2) Visual inspection. (i) Portable cord- and plug-connected equipment and flexible cord sets (extension cords) shall be visually inspected before use on any shift for external defects (such as loose parts, deformed and missing pins, or damage to outer jacket or insulation) and for evidence of possible internal damage (such as pinched or crushed outer jacket). Cord- and plug-connected equipment and flexible cord sets (extension cords) which remain connected once they are put in place and are not exposed to damage need not be visually inspected until they are relocated.

Other couriers and express delivery services employers in Missouri

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