OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221637705

MAJOR WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES INC.

PAINESVILLE, OH· 2024-02-01T00:00:00

Event: Backing Up, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Cardiovasc System, Chest, Crushed, Dust, Engulfed, Internal Injuries, Landfill, Motor Vehicle, Neck, Poor Visibility, Protective Clothing, Reflective Vest, Run Over, Sawdust, Struck By, Torso, Truck Driver, Waste Disposal
NAICS: 562111
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347256018
Employer profile: MAJOR WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES INC.
Summary number: 221637705
Report ID: 0522300

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by truck backing into spot

Investigation abstract

At 11:45 a.m. on February 1, 2024, an employee working as a truck driver for a clothing over his high visibility PPE. The employee was died due to crushing injuries and blunt trauma to the torso and neck with visceral, vascular and skeletal injuries. waste disposal service was in the process of removing the tarp off their roll-off truck. The employee was conducting unloading operations on the trash deck of a county landfill. While removing the tarp, the employee was engulfed in a sawdust cloud causing him to abruptly travel across the front of his truck into the opposite direction to escape the dust cloud. Simultaneously, in the same direction of travel, approximately 25 feet away, a coworker was driving another roll-off truck backing into their directed spot. The coworker driving the other truck unknowingly struck the employee. The employee was wearing dark

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
804

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