Grand Junction postal worker dies while completing mail route

[Ruralinfo]

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) – A Grand Junction man who worked for the United States Postal Service (USPS) died late last week. The worker has been identified as 59-year-old Dan Workman, who was a letter carrier from Grand Junction and a nine-year veteran of the USPS. According to the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch ... Read more

 

[RammerJammer]

Why do they even bother posting without more information. Was it due to natural causes, a fatal accident, or homicide?

 

[Wilco183]

From a reddit thread about this....

"The carrier was Dan Workman, 59 years old. He was found in the front yard of customers house Friday evening. He was diabetic, other than that I’m not aware of any other health issues. Where he had fallen it was near a large bush/tree and wasn’t in direct view of the street. He had 12 deliveries to go on his route, his last loop of his 16 mile a day park and loop route. There was no foul play that’s been ruled out. But yes he was there for almost 2 hours before anyone noticed. And when management did they sent a CCA to check on him. That’s when the CCA and a neighbor found him. Cause of death has not officially been confirmed. And it was around 95 degrees Friday afternoon."

 

[ATCBigE]

From a reddit thread about this....

"The carrier was Dan Workman, 59 years old. He was found in the front yard of customers house Friday evening. He was diabetic, other than that I’m not aware of any other health issues. Where he had fallen it was near a large bush/tree and wasn’t in direct view of the street. He had 12 deliveries to go on his route, his last loop of his 16 mile a day park and loop route. There was no foul play that’s been ruled out. But yes he was there for almost 2 hours before anyone noticed. And when management did they sent a CCA to check on him. That’s when the CCA and a neighbor found him. Cause of death has not officially been confirmed. And it was around 95 degrees Friday afternoon."

I BeT ThEy DiDn'T HaVe EnOuGh MaNaGeMeNt To WaTcH ThEiR CaRrIeRs.

They will have hire another supervisor to watch.

I just wanna know how this happens. 2 hours not moving...... Did carrier not message management at some point if it was heat issue? I 100% understand if he just drop dead from heart attack. That's different. But I am wondering if it was heat related, what is management doing besides playing on their phone or at a YELLCON as I call them?

 

[Rt2mailman]

Well, I can tell you what management will say at some time in the future, "It was the carrier's fault, he was wearing improper foot wear. His manager was frantically looking for him on every shopping website, and couldn't find him. He sent out a sub to find him, because it was hot outside and management couldn't be expected to go out there. The sub wasn't a good "looker", because his shoes were also worn out too far. Management regrets that their workers are so awful about following safety rules".
Then the office will have a 1/2 hour per week safety video to watch until They are deemed safe again.
16 miles of walking per day is pretty long/hard in 95 degrees, they should have been calling any carrier that is stationary for more than 15 minutes.
Remember carriers, if you feel sick on the route, ask a customer for help, they'll listen.
After they call 911 for you enter "carrier reach, and unscanned parcels" over and over until the district bean counter calls you pm and wakes him up, so he'll come out and check on you.

 

[Shannonboy]

I'm sorry for this individual, and his family. It's a guess, but once again a HARDWORKING AMERICAN postal carriers life is snuffed out NEEDLESSLY likely due to po mismanagement. 2 HOURS no movement, no phone call, no mgmt check in that kind of heat.....makes me sick. Every po mgmt member in that office should be charged with unintentional manslaughter, and put in PRISON to rot for the rest of their lives, and the thermostat in their cells should be locked at 95 degrees.
Shannonboy

 

[DB.Cooper]

Well, I can tell you what management will say at some time in the future, "It was the carrier's fault, he was wearing improper foot wear. His manager was frantically looking for him on every shopping website, and couldn't find him. He sent out a sub to find him, because it was hot outside and management couldn't be expected to go out there. The sub wasn't a good "looker", because his shoes were also worn out too far. Management regrets that their workers are so awful about following safety rules".
Then the office will have a 1/2 hour per week safety video to watch until They are deemed safe again.
16 miles of walking per day is pretty long/hard in 95 degrees, they should have been calling any carrier that is stationary for more than 15 minutes.
Remember carriers, if you feel sick on the route, ask a customer for help, they'll listen.
After they call 911 for you enter "carrier reach, and unscanned parcels" over and over until the district bean counter calls you pm and wakes him up, so he'll come out and check on you.

Click start load, or return to PO or something that starts a timed event... after it runs for 5 minutes or so, it'll probably trip someone's attention...

With all the robberies and so forth, you'd think they could add a "carrier in trouble" alarm somewhere on the scammer that would alert somebody that a carrier is in some sort of bad situation...

 

[jaymacgthree]

Management is getting paid handsomely to "supervise" the carriers. Somebody with a hidden camera needs to go up to them and say, "So how do you feel about an employee dying on your watch? What could you have done differently?"

There are many MANY things that can go horribly wrong while we are on the road, out of sight, far from civilization, etc. Ever since day one on this job I thought it was weird how loose goosey the Postal Service is about supervision and safety and that it is equivalent to negligence but try to tell them that.

Prayers for this person's family.