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Re:The sinister, shocking rise of dog attacks on postal workers by jjmarr on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @01:23PM (#41121152)
This is a good point. It's a occupational hazard that's been joked about for decades (as Royal Mail acknowledges). The article doesn't say what the postal service is doing to mitigate this.

Is there PPE a worker can use if they're delivering to a house with an animal? Should there be a requirement for mailboxes to be mounted at a certain height so workers don't have to bend over? Is anyone even looking into this?

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Re:The sinister, shocking rise of dog attacks on postal workers by cinntaile on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @01:36PM (#41121301)
PPE feels like the wrong approach. Loose dog? No delivery.
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Re:The sinister, shocking rise of dog attacks on postal workers by enteeentee on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @01:29PM (#41121227)
Not saying it’s good or anything but RM used to provided a kind of peg for pushing mail through the letterbox, not sure if its still supplied. I believe has some sort of record of which addresses have suspect animals on the walk.
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