OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221370711
63936 - WCA WASTE CORPORATION
EDDYVILLE, KY·
Event description
Employee is killed in collision
Investigation abstract
At 12:00 noon on June 30, 2021, an employee was driving a garbage truck traveling southbound on a highway when he encountered a tractor trailer that was blocking both lanes of traffic. The tractor trailer had, moments earlier, run off the east side of the road, overcorrected, crossed both lanes of traffic, and crashed. The employee was unable to stop the garbage truck in time and struck the tractor trailer and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 999
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