Pine Tree Waste, Inc.

While working on a roadway pavement marking removal crew, an employee was riding on the back of a work truck. He fell from the back of the truck while it was moving, resulting in a fractured skull, brain bleed, and head trauma.

An employee was standing on the driver side rear step of a trash truck while traveling down a road to collect residential trash. The employee went to signal the driver and slipped off the step while the truck was traveling 8-9 miles per hour. He fell 18 inches to the ground and was hospitalized with a fractured ankle that required surgery.

An employee was picking up traffic barrels while standing on a moving flatbed trailer. When the vehicle made a U-turn, the employee lost his balance and fell onto the freeway pavement. The employee sustained a fracture to the back of the skull and a brain bleed.

An employee was riding on the back of a refuse vehicle while moving to another set of trash containers. Their foot slipped off the rear of the truck and they fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right leg.