The federal government is investigating a rash of deaths at a United States Postal Service facility in Pontiac which may be connected to methane gas leaching from the ground.
Five people have died recently who worked at the USPS Michigan Metroplex Processing and Distribution Center on East Montcalm Street. There is concern that methane gas leaching from the ground into the plant has led to the deaths.
the Metroplex facility is one of the nation’s largest. Built on the site of an old foundry, it opened in 2008 and employs about 1,200 people.
the USPS inspector general’s report includes a picture of a methane monitoring system built into the building but not working anymore
The plant’s workers moved to the Metroplex from five different Troy locations.
