OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221622780
PRIORITY WASTE RESOURCES LLC
RIVERVIEW, MI·
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
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 875
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