ALLEN PARK, Mich. – The fiancée of an Allen Park postal worker who was killed by a machine at the facility slammed the “gross” and “inhumane” statement from USPS about his death.
Nicholas John Acker, 36, of Trenton, was found stuck in a machine Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at the USPS Detroit Network Distribution Center in Allen Park.
Firefighters said Acker had been dead for 6-8 hours before they arrived. The investigation is ongoing, and his family is still looking for answers.
“We want to know what happened and how long he was there,” his fiancée, Stephanie Jaszcz said. “That’s what we want to know. We want to know how he even ended up there and why doesn’t anybody know where he was at?”
Acker and Jaszcz got engaged just 10 days before his death. When he didn’t return home after his shift, she said she waited hours at the facility before anyone came to help.
Reaction to USPS statement
On Monday, the United States Postal Service released a statement about the situation.
“The United States Postal Service is deeply saddened by the loss of our employee at the Detroit Network Distribution Center (NDC) in Allen Park, MI,” the statement said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. The NDC is fully operational at this time.”
“‘The mail’s still moving’? Gross,” Jaszcz said. “‘Sorry about the loss, but the mail’s still moving.’ They couldn’t even say his name or acknowledge that he was an Air Force veteran.
“A man gone. A veteran. A husband. A human being. And all you can think of is mail keeps moving? Inhumane. It’s gross.”