Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221622780

PRIORITY WASTE RESOURCES LLC

Event
Falling Object, Garbage Truck, Landfill, Struck By, Tips Over
NAICS
562211
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347154502
Employer profile
PRIORITY WASTE RESOURCES LLC
Summary number
221622780
Report ID
0552652

Event description

Employee is killed when garbage truck tips over

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on December 7, 2023, an employee was emptying a refuse truck at a landfill. The employee was seated in the driver's side of the refuse truck. At the same time, an adjacent truck and trailer was dumping refuse. The adjacent trailer was raised in the air, and during the refuse dumping task, the trailer tipped over onto the employee's refuse truck. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 54 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    875

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