Courtesy: Canadian Press

Reminder: Keep your sidewalks & driveways clear for Postal Workers

Feb 9, 2021 | 4:56 PM

PRINCE GEORGE —As many residents hide from this cold weather, there are many folks out there who have to work in these cold conditions. That includes postal workers, who want to remind people of a few safety tips.

Canada Post is reminding people to keep their sidewalks and driveways clear of snow and ice to try and prevent injuries to their postal workers, Combine that, with this cold weather and it makes for an even more dangerous situation. Clark Rasmussen, President of the Local 812 CPN says, they see a few incidents each year in the Prince George area.

” Ah wintertime, usually you see two or three you know injuries, either slips and falls and so on. And you know that’s something that can be lasting for a lifetime so that’s why we are very diligent with stuff like that. And Canada Post’s management wants to make that customers are taking care of their properties”

Here is what you can do to help your local mail carrier:

– Clear snow and ice from driveways, walkways, and porches.

– Salt doesn’t always work in extreme cold — use sand or provide traction some other way.

– Make sure handrails are clear.

– Check steps for ice and damage.

There have been a few situations where Canada Post has had to send out letters reminding or suspending service to some areas.. because of unsafe conditions.

A prime example is in the North Kelly Road area. It was deemed unsafe and now residents must pick up their mail at the 5th Avenue station.

” And that’s something more on the Canada Post management side but that’s something that they’re taking care of and so on. So, if it was deemed dangerous or something like that, that’s usually something, that’s usually how that proceeds, like that. So, I think that’s just an ongoing thing.”

There were a number of reasons this happened, Traffic congestion, speed and the street width making it safe for deliveries. All and all, Rasmussen says a majority of customers take care of their mail carriers

” Ah, I just want to say thank you to all of our customers. And during these COVID times, it has been very stressful and at the same time the support from everyone has been great”