Trash Collector Dies After Being Crushed by Collection Truck–Virginia

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  A 52-year-old male trash collector died after being crushed when a trash collection vehicle ran over him at the town landfill. He was employed by a small municipality. At the time of the accident the victim and two coworkers were dumping the afternoon's collections at the landfill. The driver turned and backed into the active working face. The victim and other trash collector prepared the truck's dump body for discharge. After the load was dumped, the driver pulled forward, clearing the working face. The victim and coworker checked the truck's dump body to note if the load was fully discharged and secured the turnbuckles. One trash collector entered the cab, while the victim rode on the riding step. After the driver had parked the truck, the victim was found lying in front of the truck. While the accident was not witnessed, apparently the truck backed over the victim. It was recommended that municipalities and employers develop and strictly enforce policies prohibiting trash collectors from riding on the rear of trash collection vehicles when not on the collection route.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Occupational Health Safety Waste Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis FACE-92-31 Motor-vehicles OSHA Region 3 Sanitation Traumatic-injuries Waste-disposal
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Motor Vehicles ; Energy Production ; Waste Management and Remediation Services ; Motor Vehicles - Refuse Truck
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE9231
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Virginia ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  nn:00213106
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-188597
• 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:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1992/07/15
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:32745fd97d791af64dab69d3ab9db01d334bbc7d6d7c1797837a76ce8a27920dd04147129d6a407fcf91c6e7dd0ec283ca1a4f1c0a830b65c636fcb92dc6607f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167520/cdc_167520_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 275.88 KB ]