Top

Boxes and bites: E-commerce boom brings more risk for delivery drivers

August 23, 2016

Category:

Online retailers like Amazon.com Inc. have made it possible to get books, high heels, laptops and groceries delivered to doorsteps after work and even on Sundays.

But carriers at the U.S. Postal Service pay a price for such convenience: They’re getting bitten by dogs.

Attacks on postal employees are on the rise—in 2015 alone, they jumped 14% to 6,549, officials said. Houston led the way with 77, followed by San Diego and Cleveland with 58 each.

Read More on Internet Retailer