FACE Facts: Trash Truck Workers Crushed!

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  California. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  In recent incidents, two laborers, Marcos B.* and Pete S.* (* Not the victim's real name), died while collecting trash. Both were crushed by hydraulic equipment on trash trucks. In both cases, co-workers started the equipment before checking to see if anyone could be struck by the moving equipment. Marcos was crushed by hydraulic arms when they were lowered to the front of a truck to pick up a container. Pete was crushed by the compactor panel of a truck when it started to compact some trash. What went wrong? Marcos and Pete's co-workers did not check to see if anyone could be struck by the moving equipment. Marcos and Pete were in the way of moving equipment on the trucks. What should be done? Make sure that no one is in the way of powered equipment before it is used. Make sure to stand out of the way of powered equipment on trash trucks. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Injuries
  • Fatalities
  • Injury prevention
  • Safety practices
  • Equipment operation
  • Equipment operators
  • Refuse collection
  • Hydraulic equipment
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059530
• Citation:
  Richmond, CA: California Department of Public Health, 2006 Apr; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  California Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Branch, FACE Program, 850 Marina Bay Parkway, Building P, 3rd Floor, Richmond, CA 94804
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  FACE facts: trash truck workers crushed!
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228969/cdc_228969_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 172.65 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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