Video: APWU demands answers after 5 workers die at Pontiac facility in 14 months

PONTIAC, Mich. (WXYZ) – American Postal Workers Union leaders are demanding more answers and further investigation after five US postal workers at the mail center in Pontiac have died on the job.

These deaths happened in a 14-month time frame, the latest occurring in October of 2015.

Area Local 480-481 Union President Roscoe Woods tells us there was concern over the methane detection system.

According to a report by the Office of the Inspector General, the system had not been working correctly since March of 2015. Woods says an investigation recently concluded, finding the gas level safe and no health concerns.

He still finds it alarming how many workers, some his friends, have died on the job in a short period of time. Read more

pontiac-postal-deaths

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.