Garbage Collector Dies After Falling From Back of Moving Garbage Truck

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• Personal Author:
  McKenzie, Lyle E.
• Corporate Authors:
  Colorado Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Colorado FACE) ; Colorado. Department of Public Health and Environment
• Description:
  A 33-year-old male garbage collector died after falling from the back of a moving garbage truck. The victim and the driver of the garbage truck were following a routine garbage collection route. The victim was standing on a smooth steel bar at the back of the vehicle. The driver entered an alley. The victim then signaled the driver to back up. As the driver was backing the truck, he checked the right mirror to determine clearance, and then looked into his left mirror to reestablish visual contact with the victim. The victim was not in sight. At that time he felt a slight bump. He stopped the truck, pulled forward, and then got out to investigate. The victim was lying face down behind the truck. The Colorado Department of Health (CDH) investigator concluded that, in order to prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Provide a non-slip platform on which the employee could stand. 2. Require that steel-toed safety shoes with non-skid soles and protective head gear equipped with a chin strap be worn by employees at all times. 3. Provide training and implement comprehensive safe work procedures that specifically address job site hazards.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 8 Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Protective-measures Safety-clothing Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Falls ; Waste Management and Remediation Services
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE90CO057
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028547
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2009-108996
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 90CO057, 1991 May ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1992/09/30
• End Date:
  1997/09/29
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7e0a2737b2143ad6e8e11b1335a09330250771440b65d423b504083e9ef3b4fc642945d58488b12e9e9de3013c4d52ed2ac6940772e2fae857cf19d5f1cef5a8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166558/cdc_166558_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 10.98 KB ]