OSHA Opposes UPS Bid to Block Inspection Warrants Nationwide

United Parcel Service Inc. isn’t entitled to a nationwide emergency injunction against workplace safety inspection warrants obtained by OSHA, the agency told a federal court in Delaware.

In August, the US District Court for the District of Delaware approved two warrants for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to inspect two UPS facilities in Delaware, including conducting heat-stress monitoring of company trucks.

UPS allegedly refused to permit OSHA from enforcing those warrants, as well as another unrelated inspection warrant in Texas a week later. The company sought a court order to block OSHA from obtaining “similar warrants” in the future. ...