Industry profile · NAICS 491110
Postal stations operated on a contract basis
Workplace injury rates across 14,223 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024.
- 14,223
- Employers
- 7.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- BLS benchmark
- 225,491
- Injuries
The industry picture
Employers in Postal stations operated on a contract basis average 7.6 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.7 times the BLS national benchmark of 4.5.
- 7.6
- avg TCR · reporting employers
- 4.5
- BLS national benchmark
- 14,223
- employers reporting
- 225,491
- recordable injuries
OSHA-reporting establishments skew toward larger, higher-hazard sites, so the reporting average runs above the BLS all-establishment benchmark.
What Postal stations operated on a contract basis Safety Data Reveals
The Postal stations operated on a contract basis sector (NAICS 491110) encompasses 14,223 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 225,491 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 7.6 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year. Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 4.5 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 7.6 is higher than the BLS benchmark, a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.
The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers, not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Postal stations operated on a contract basis that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.
Employers in this industry, by injury rate
Page 21 of 285| Employer | Location | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHMOND_1379258 | Richmond, IN | F | 14.1 |
| Poplar Bluff_1378033 | Poplar Bluff, MO | F | 14.1 |
| Charles M Russell_1357668 | Great Falls, MT | F | 14.1 |
| 230423-BAL-PIKESVILLE-BR | Baltimore, MD | F | 14.1 |
| 054118-Lbc-Signal Hill Sta | Long Beach, CA | F | 14.1 |
| 113078-Fort Myers Fl Vmf | Fort Myers, FL | F | 14.1 |
| Allen Park_1352723 | Allen Park, MI | F | 14.0 |
| 203852-Hopkinsville Po | Hopkinsville, KY | F | 14.0 |
| 161515-Chi-Englewood Sta | Chicago, IL | F | 14.0 |
| 497854-Santa Clara Po | Santa Clara, UT | F | 14.0 |
| Indian Creek_1435566 | Overland Park, KS | F | 14.0 |
| East Stockton_1361865 | Stockton, CA | F | 14.0 |
| Florida City_1438681 | Homestead, FL | F | 14.0 |
| 161521-Chi-Grand Crossing Carrier Anx | Chicago, IL | F | 14.0 |
| 287196-Stl-Oldham Sta | Saint Louis, MO | F | 14.0 |
| CHESAPEAKE_1357829 | Chesapeake, VA | F | 14.0 |
| OXFORD_1376514 | Oxford, PA | F | 14.0 |
| BOYERTOWN_1355575 | Boyertown, PA | F | 14.0 |
| 564281-Ken-Carrier Anx | Pleasant Prairie, WI | F | 14.0 |
| 057680-Taft Po | Taft, CA | F | 14.0 |
| FRANKLIN_1364031 | Baltimore, MD | F | 14.0 |
| 284159-Jef-Capital View Sta | Jefferson City, MO | F | 14.0 |
| COMMACK_1358843 | Commack, NY | F | 14.0 |
| Main Office Little Rock_1438578 | Little Rock, AR | F | 14.0 |
| FALMOUTH_1363103 | Falmouth, MA | F | 14.0 |
| COVINGTON_1359458 | Covington, LA | F | 14.0 |
| 220405-Bath Po | Bath, ME | F | 14.0 |
| 056932-Sna-King Sta | Santa Ana, CA | F | 14.0 |
| INDEPENDENCE_1367876 | Independence, MO | F | 14.0 |
| The Dalles_1439989 | The Dalles, OR | F | 14.0 |
| Belle Glade_1354504 | Belle Glade, FL | F | 14.0 |
| 501010-Bur-South Fsta | Burlington, VT | F | 14.0 |
| 340136-Abq-Highland Sta | Albuquerque, NM | F | 14.0 |
| 248024-Swansea Po | Swansea, MA | F | 14.0 |
| 283234-Grandview Po | Grandview, MO | F | 14.0 |
| Culver City_1360013 | Culver City, CA | F | 14.0 |
| Martin Luther King_1372007 | Houston, TX | F | 14.0 |
| MANDAN_1371627 | Mandan, ND | F | 14.0 |
| 194659-Kck-Rosedale Sta | Kansas City, KS | F | 14.0 |
| 542380-Duvall Po | Duvall, WA | F | 14.0 |
| WAVERLY_1386709 | Baltimore, MD | F | 13.9 |
| Chapel Lakes_1439353 | Pembroke Pines, FL | F | 13.9 |
| 213835-Greenwell Springs Po | Greenwell Springs, LA | F | 13.9 |
| 353650-Hartsdale Po | Scarsdale, NY | F | 13.9 |
| 240074-Bos-Back Bay Anx Sta | Boston, MA | F | 13.9 |
| 088500-Wallingford Po | Wallingford, CT | F | 13.9 |
| 252745-East Lansing Po | East Lansing, MI | F | 13.9 |
| 216580-Nor-Uptown Sta | New Orleans, LA | F | 13.9 |
| 070492-Aur-Hoffman Heights Sta | Aurora, CO | F | 13.9 |
| 198355-Shawnee Mission Po | Shawnee Mission, KS | F | 13.9 |
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