Sanitation Worker Runover After Falling From Trash Collection Vehicle–Virginia

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE9411

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Sanitation Worker Runover After Falling From Trash Collection Vehicle–Virginia

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
Description:

A sanitation worker died when he fell from the loading step of a trash collection vehicle, and the vehicle ran over him. The 41-year-old man had been employed as a sanitation worker by the city for 23 years. The victim was assigned to accompany a coworker who was driving on curbside pickups using a side loading trash collection vehicle. Normally this vehicle was operated by one worker who drives and also loads each pickup. As the vehicle was late starting out, both men were assigned to make up lost time. As the vehicle moved from one stop to the next, the driver looked in the rear-view mirrors to ascertain that the victim was securely on the riding step. A homeowner observed that the victim had slipped from the step and fell to the pavement. He landed with his head in front of the right real wheel. The homeowner yelled a warning to the driver who applied the brakes, but the vehicle struck and ran over the victim's head before the driver could stop. It was recommended that trash collectors be prohibited from riding on the loading steps of trash collection vehicles, that employers consider equipping vehicles with safety devices designed to warn the driver when riders have left the steps of the vehicles, and that vehicles be equipped with extended fenders or additional body panels to reduce the likelihood of workers landing in the path of the wheels in the event of a fall.
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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Equipment-operators FACE-94-11 Head-injuries OSHA Region 3 Sanitation-engineering Traumatic-injuries Waste-disposal
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Falls (0007) ; Motor Vehicles (0016) ; Energy Production (0024) ; Waste Management and Remediation Services (0027) ; ... More +

All (0000) ; Falls (0007) ; Motor Vehicles (0016) ; Energy Production (0024) ; Waste Management and Remediation Services (0027) ; Refuse Truck (0035) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE9411
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Virginia ; OSHA Region 3

Virginia ; OSHA Region 3 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Division:

DSR - Division of Safety Research
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

3 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

221241
NTIS Accession Number:

PB94-218237
Citation:

Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Federal Fiscal Year:

1994
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1994/02/14
Resource Number:

FACE-94-11
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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