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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221370711

63936 - WCA WASTE CORPORATION

Event
Collision, Garbage Truck, Tractor Trailer
NAICS
562111
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345409650
Employer profile
63936 - WCA WASTE CORPORATION
Summary number
221370711
Report ID
0452110

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

  1. #1 Fatality Age 42 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    999

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