{"id":4871,"date":"2012-07-31T15:13:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T20:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=4871"},"modified":"2012-07-31T15:13:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T20:13:31","slug":"apwu-osha-investigate-employee-death-at-detroit-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2012\/07\/31\/apwu-osha-investigate-employee-death-at-detroit-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"APWU, OSHA Investigate Employee Death at Detroit NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/APWU-News13.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4872\" title=\"APWU-News\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/APWU-News13-150x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the APWU are investigating the death of APWU member Steny Wing Hoi Yu, who died July 27 from injuries sustained in work-related accident at the Detroit NDC on July 23.<\/p>\n<p>Although the investigation of the accident is still underway, reports indicate that Yu\u2019s injuries were the result of falling approximately 10 feet from a \u201cfixed\u201d ladder. Yu is reported to have been carrying a fire extinguisher up the ladder in an attempt to fight a fire.<\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Metro Area Local is working closely with OSHA and the APWU to assist in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply saddened by this tragic accident,\u201d said APWU President Cliff Guffey. \u201cWe extend our deepest sympathies to Steny Wing Hoi Yu\u2019s family and co-workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yu is survived by his wife, Syndia and two daughters, Yvonne and Angela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the APWU are investigating the death of APWU member Steny Wing Hoi Yu, who died July 27 from injuries sustained in work-related accident at the Detroit NDC on July 23. Although the investigation of the accident is still underway, reports indicate that Yu\u2019s injuries were the result [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apwu-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4871"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4874,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4871\/revisions\/4874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}