WOODLAND PARK, COLORADO—
Materials Management Company
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in roadway · Fractures
Final narrative
On July 5th, 2024, employees were collecting garbage in a residential neighborhood. The injured employee bent down to pick a piece of trash off the ground when the truck ran over his foot and he fell down. The truck continued moving backward and rolled over his pelvis. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his pelvis, lower back, and ankle.
Similar incidents · Same event type
MOUNT LAUREL, NEW JERSEY—
Interstate Waste Services
An employee was riding on the rear step of a refuse collector. The employee got off the truck and the vehicle drove backward over the employee's foot, fracturing it.