OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221633100
NEWMAN HILL, INC.
PORT MATILDA, PA·
Event description
Employee is killed when pinned by garbage truck
Investigation abstract
At 11:56 a.m. on January 17, 2024, an employee was picking up weekly routine trash. The driver of a rear-loading garbage truck was backing up towards a customer's trash with the employee on the driver's side "rider step." The employee was pinned between the rear-loading garbage truck and a tree, which resulted in death due to a head fracture.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Event type
- 2
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