The United States Postal Service is looking into an incident involving a Nicholasville mailman.

On Thursday afternoon, John Black got an alert on his phone saying cameras detected someone near his front porch. When he looked at the video, he saw a mailman throwing his package onto the front porch.

"[He] just kind of takes the box and chucks it pretty nonchalantly," Black said. "It's basically one step away from just being able to set the package down ... something that you don't know what's in it. It was pretty heavy. It could've been very fragile."

Turns out, what was inside was a fire alarm he bought for his son. It was not damaged. However, with the holidays just around the corner, Black worries about future deliveries that could have something fragile inside.

"I get it. It's kind of snowing. It's kind of nasty out, but by the same token, it maybe would have added two seconds to your day," he said. "Maybe we need to worry a little bit more about if it's going to get here and in one piece."

A USPS spokesperson sent WKYT a statement saying they are currently investigating the incident.

"This is clearly unacceptable behavior that does not reflect the efforts of the thousands of professional, dedicated carriers in our workforce," said the spokesperson.