Audit Finds Serious Problems at US Postal Service Facility

Water-damaged mail and a worker found asleep on a forklift were among the issues found at a U.S. Postal Service facility by a watchdog. The U.S. Postal Service’s inspector general investigated the facility in Richmond, Virginia, after it was turned into a new regional processing and distribution center. The watchdog found several problems in its investigation. “We witnessed idle terminal handling service staff waiting for mail, and in one instance, a mail handler sleeping on a parked forklift. We found a general inattention to detail that resulted in mail left on or around machines, large amounts of machinable mail in manual processing, and in one case, mail over two months old left in a container in the truck yard. We also observed clutter and congestion in many areas of the workroom floor and around the loading docks,” the inspector general said as it reported the results of the audit on March 28....