OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221658180

FLORIDA EXPRESS ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC

SUMMERFIELD, FL· 2024-04-16T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Driver, Driving, Garbage Truck, Head, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Poor Visibility, Struck By, Truck Driver, Waste Disposal
NAICS: 484220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347418824
Employer profile: FLORIDA EXPRESS ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC
Summary number: 221658180
Report ID: 0420600

Event description

Employee dies from head trauma when struck by garbage truck

Investigation abstract

At 8:59 a.m. on April 16, 2024, an employee was working with Coworker #1 performing garbage collection for a waste collection contractor. The two were riding through a residential neighborhood on the back of a garbage collection truck picking up garbage cans. The employee and Coworker #1 dismounted from the back of the truck at which time Coworker #2, the garbage truck driver, lost sight of the employee while still driving the truck forward. As a result, Coworker #2 struck the employee. The employee was pronounced dead at the scene.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 25 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
875

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