A 28-year postal worker died overnight in early December at the Morgan Processing and Distribution Center (Morgan P&DC) in New York City while working near an Automated Package Processing System (APPS) machine, multiple workers at the facility have told the WSWS. At the time of writing, neither the United States Postal Service nor the postal unions have issued any public statement acknowledging the worker’s death or explaining the circumstances surrounding it.
Workers told the World Socialist Web Site that the death occurred on Tour 1, the overnight shift, sometime around 2:30 a.m. The worker’s name has not been publicly released. Conflicting accounts circulated among workers as to whether the death was caused by a heart attack or an aneurysm, underscoring the absence of any transparent investigation or communication.
The Morgan Processing and Distribution Center is a major USPS facility serving the New York metropolitan area, including Wall Street and surrounding financial districts. Despite the size and strategic importance of the facility, workers report that the death was not formally announced, no meeting was held and operations continued as usual.
