Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221426935

ALLIED WASTE SERVICES OF FORT WORTH, LLC DBA REPUBLIC SERVICES

Event
Bucket, Crushed, Garbage Truck, Hydraulic, Struck By
NAICS
562111
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345722615
Employer profile
ALLIED WASTE SERVICES OF FORT WORTH, LLC DBA REPUBLIC SERVICES
Summary number
221426935
Report ID
0636900

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by hydraulic arms of garbage

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on December 28, 2021, an employee was driving a garbage truck. The hydraulic arms of the bucket were not working, and the employee was crushed by the metal arms of the garbage truck. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 50 M

    Event type
    1

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