Accidents Galore

[RDruckus]

No, it's not the name of James Bond's newest fling who ends up pregnant.

Our district had 10 accidents yesterday. (10 in just one day!)

I have to wonder if management will ever figure out that they are causing the high rate of
accidents because they expect everyone to run, cut corners, etc.

 

[K]

It's not their fault, because they have standups telling us to not make mistakes and be safe....#assescovered

 

[Deer Smearer]

Wasn't yesterday's scanner message

"You are responsible for your own safety"?

 

[K]

It was, lol

So passive aggressive ;p

 

[Deer Smearer]

They average 75 accidents daily. 10 in one day, in one district might not be that unusual.

 

[Sandygirl]

They average 75 accidents daily. 10 in one day, in one district might not be that unusual.

I think we have had 1 in the 5 years I have been there!!! Very rural...…..

 

[Rt2mailman]

In the offices that I've been around accidents happen more often on early light-days than they do on heavy long days, and yesterday was very light around here. Often times carriers are trying to make up time on the light days so that they get off even earlier. They know it's going to take a long time and they don't try to hurry as much on the long days.
Hurrying causes accidents more often than everything else, from what I've seen.

 

[charlie]

Wasn't yesterday's scanner message

"You are responsible for your own safety"?

Absoltely...And management wants us to be safe....But get back for dispatch or else...

 

[btdtret]

RDruckus -- "Our district had 10 accidents yesterday. (10 in just one day!) "

-- What type of accidents?

-- Anything that could point to a pattern developing?

 

[Skierstmoritz]

RDruckus -- "Our district had 10 accidents yesterday. (10 in just one day!) "

-- What type of accidents?

-- Anything that could point to a pattern developing?

Regulars or rcas?

 

[Karen11]

That’s what happens when you have 160+scans per day+box holders+100+temps!! We are not super human. It’s just a matter of time....bunch of ass-hats.

 

[Ihatesnow]

Had to go in yesterday, boss said coworker got into an accident, turns out it was a sprained ankle. What type of accidents?

 

[charlie]

Before I retired they had me as safety officer ( now that's another story). One telecon for the district ( usually a nice snooze) some hotshot was ranting about our rate of vehicle accidents was going up and this was intolerable ( like we must be getting flak from above)..
So I asked the obvious question... Have you analyzed any data and come up with any answers?....Silence..... You know, like do a graph of days of the week when accidents happen...like do a graph of time of day of day when they occur.... List accidents by job title of the driver... do something simple...get copies of the local police accident reports to see and track who was at fault and was the usps person cleared of any fault..Review each accident to see if there is any commonality to them. ( silence again as they consulted their dictionaries on their usps provide smart phone).
Never underestimate usps management's ability to not see the obvious....

 

[DB.Cooper]

No, it's not the name of James Bond's newest fling who ends up pregnant.
...

Well, what a disappointment...

 

[RDruckus]

Sorry, they didn't supply any further details,

I was wondering, too.

(How about, rurals exit the vehicle about 100 times more daily than they did 5 years ago.
I can picture that one thing alone causing more accidents in several ways.)

 

[hockey94]

There are more routes, due to the results of the last mail count, guess what more accidents will happen.

Lack of subs, people overworked, more accidents, this is not to complicated to figure out.

 

[Rcflyn]

Wasn't yesterday's scanner message

"You are responsible for your own safety"?

You actually read those????
Any more, I just click my way through till I get to the scan item screen so I can just hit the road......????

 

[ButlerDog]

Red flags, orange vests, and increased amounts of driver observations didn't change a thing, I am so shocked.....

 

[Deer Smearer]

You actually read those????
Any more, I just click my way through till I get to the scan item screen so I can just hit the road......????

Of course. We usually read them out loud twisting the wording in a most HR shocking inappropriate way.

 

[gerl2]

There are more routes, due to the results of the last mail count, guess what more accidents will happen.

Lack of subs, people overworked, more accidents, this is not to complicated to figure out.

Don't forget the oversize packages without proper equipment accidents, I would imagine those account for hernia's and back problems.