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PUSHING THE ENVELOPE BLOG
Training for Safety and Health
Date:
03/08/23
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Category:
Labor
A safe and healthy workforce are part of the lifeblood of any business or organization. The U.S. Postal Service is no stranger to industrial accidents of one kind or another — almost 56,000 in fiscal year 2021 — which is one reason USPS has a safety and health program. Employees are trained on the program to support and sustain the Postal Service’s work environment. Recently, we wanted to assess just how effective the training is as it applies to avoiding or minimizing industrial accidents.
Inflation has reached record levels this year, and just about everything from the effects of the pandemic to the war in Ukraine have been cited as contributing factors. For a lot of people, the impacts of inflation are usually quick and direct — the price of that gallon of gas you bought this week compared to last week — but it’s a more complex story when it comes to the U.S. Postal Service. As we report in our latest white paper, inflation affects the Postal Service in different ways. For examp