FACE IT: Report Slides: Sanitation Worker Struck by Backing Refuse Truck – North Carolina

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program
• Description:
  On February 14, 2020, at 8:40 a.m., an employee of a city public works department was engaged in manual garbage pickup on a refuse truck on a residential route. The three-person crew included an operator and two sanitation workers who rode on the outside step of the truck as it moved from one stop to the next. The sanitation worker riding on the outside step of the refuse truck was startled by a pick-up truck backing up from an adjacent residence towards him and the backing refuse truck. The sanitation worker jumped off the refuse truck, ran behind the refuse truck and was fatally struck by the refuse truck. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS - Occupational injuries and fatalities are often the result of one or more contributing factors or key events in a larger sequence of events that ultimately result in the injury or fatality. NIOSH investigators identified the following unrecognized hazards as key contributing factors in this incident: 1) Riding on an outside step of backing refuse equipment; 2) Lack of situational awareness of driver and sanitation workers; 3) Lack of written standard operating procedures for driving and riding positions on refuse trucks; 4) Lack of communication with ground workers. RECOMMENDATIONS - NIOSH investigators concluded that, to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1) Select refuse equipment that reduce struck-by injury hazards for employees; 2) Install worker detection and operator notification devices on refuse equipment; 3) Develop policies and procedures and provide training on safe driving and riding positions on refuse trucks. The full version of this report is available here: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/in-house/full202101.html. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Equipment Operation Hazard Recognition Injuries Injury Prevention Refuse Collection Region 4 Safety Practices Sanitation Training Traumatic Injuries Vehicle Safety Waste Disposal

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• FACE - Firefighter:
  Cause of Death: Medical ; Structure Fire: Arson ; Training: Falls ; Training: Motor Vehicle ; Cardiovascular: Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Vascular Disease)
• Series:
  Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE202101RS
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Case Report
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• 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:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065328
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 2021-01, 2022 Jun; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS) ; 562111 - Solid Waste Collection - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  20200214
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:08f3377af78528309e2cb19811ce40033e106a56f81f732af9a952a31220f0abd44bb78d56a5d3129535f64bcb30118bab85fcbcb61ec4189f7234e2486f66f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228545/cdc_228545_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.03 MB ]