OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221389802
A & S SANITATION INC.
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ·
Event description
Employee is killed in fall off rear of garbage truck
Investigation abstract
At 9:15 a.m. on September 2, 2021, Employee #1 was standing on the rear step (driver's side) of a trash truck, while it drove along a residential street. Employee #1 fell from the driver's side rear step of the trash truck while it was in motion and sustained a fatal injury through impact with the road.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 875
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