This is NOT about UPS planes, but a UPS truck that crashed because of a problem with the keyless ignition. Still very interesting to see how companies deal with accidents and government agencies.

Shipping giant hasn’t turned over subpoenaed information regarding Federal Way wreck | Federal Way - The News Tribune

 

I hope the few pennies they save are worth the lawsuit(s) they will incur.

 

NewsNorthwest News1 CommentShipping giant hasn’t turned over subpoenaed information regarding Federal Way wreck
By Adam Lynn — Staff writer
Posted: 7:50pm on May 20, 2012; Modified: 7:11am on May 21, 2012
2012-05-21T14:11:55Z
Adam Lynn The_News_Tribune
State Labor and Industries officials say shipping giant United Parcel Service Inc. is resisting efforts by state inspectors to investigate a crash that badly injured a local UPS worker last year.
The state Attorney General’s Office recently sued in Pierce County Superior Court, asking a judge to force UPS officials to turn over records inspectors think would help them determine what caused the wreck.
The company has refused to release the records despite numerous requests and the issuance of an administrative subpoena, the lawsuit states.
“The department properly issued and served a subpoena duces tecum upon UPS in order to support a lawfully authorized investigation of risks to the safety and health of the concerned workers,” assistant attorney general Robert Hatfield wrote in his pleadings asking a judge to force the company’s hand.
UPS is not providing the information because the accident was investigated by local police and L&I lacks “appropriate jurisdiction to revisit the matter,” spokesman Dan McMackin said Friday.
“UPS remains open to discussion with the Attorney General’s Office,” McMackin said.
The crash occurred Dec. 14 after a UPS driver and his co-worker parked their delivery van on a steep hill in Federal Way. The driver later told L&I inspector Ann Benson that when he was ready to leave he buckled his seat belt, released the emergency brake and tried to start the van using its keyless ignition system.
The van failed to start and the driver’s attempts to use the brakes were futile, state records show.
“The package car gained speed until it struck a tree at the bottom of the hill, severely injuring the co-worker,” Benson wrote in an affidavit submitted as part of the recent legal action.
On Dec. 22, L&I received a complaint from Teamsters Local 174 reporting “problems with the keyless start system used in UPS package cars,” Benson wrote. Some drivers reported the brakes did not work if their vans weren’t running, she said.

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So, do you actually believe neither the emergency brake nor normal brakes do not work without the engine on?

Teamsters and Lawyers, going after deep pockets as is the tradition.

 

That story reminds me of this -

 

Didn't want to start a new thread ... revived this old one.

Illegal immigrants arrested in phony UPS van - Wire National News - The Sacramento Bee