OSHA Inspection: WASTE MANAGEMENT OF NEW YORK

Issued

Dec 24, 1996

Abate by

Dec 30, 1996

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from
recognized hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to
employees in that employees
were exposed to being struck by moving vehicles:
a)On or about August 21, 1996 on the waiting line for the tipping floor
employees
were exposed to being struck by moving trucks.  The driver of a garbage
("packer") truck on the waiting line got out of his truck, was struck and
knocked
down by a passing truck and was pinned under the wheels of another truck
and
crushed to death.
ABATEMENT NOTE:
Among others, a feasible method to eliminate or to materially reduce this
hazard is to establish
a procedure to require drivers and helpers to remain in their trucks while
on the facility unless
they are actually engaged in dumping at the tipping floor.