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#Garbage truck ride on drivers
#Garbage truck ride on driver

#Garbage truck ride on drivers

Garbage collectors and garbage truck drivers attend monthly safety meetings where general safety issues are discussed. The director of the solid waste sanitation department is responsible for implementing and enforcing the safety program for the department. The solid waste sanitation department has a written safety program, including some general instructions and safety procedures for garbage collectors and garbage truck drivers. The individual county departments conduct their own specific safety programs. The county has a general written safety policy. Currently, the department employs 33 garbage collectors and 12 garbage truck drivers. The employer in this incident is a county solid waste sanitation department that has been in operation for 23 years. Photographs of the incident site were obtained during the investigation. The DSR investigator reviewed the incident with the county solid waste sanitation department, the medical examiner, the police department, and the Virginia OSHA compliance officer assigned to the case. On January 16, 1991, a research industrial hygienist from DSR traveled to the incident site and conducted an investigation. On December 6, 1990, officials of the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Administration notified the Division of Safety Research (DSR) of the death and requested technical assistance. On November 29, 1990, a 44-year-old male county garbage collector (victim) died after falling 12 inches from the back end of a moving garbage truck.

provide training and implement comprehensive safe work procedures that specifically address jobsite hazards.

ensure that garbage collectors wear approved protective helmets while on the job.

ensure that workers do not perform potentially hazardous tasks when their ability to work safely becomes impaired.

ensure that garbage collectors remain inside vehicles with fastened seat belts, while traveling to and from collection areas.

NIOSH investigators concluded that, in order to prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: The victim died of head injuries sustained in the fall. While the truck was traveling about 35 miles per hour along a rural highway, the victim, who was standing on a footrest platform and holding onto a handhold bar, lost his balance and fell 12 inches to the pavement.

#Garbage truck ride on driver

The driver and co-worker rode inside the cab of the truck. Since the victim was feeling nauseated, he decided to ride on the back end of the truck to get some fresh air. After picking up several bags at a business, the workers drove toward another pickup site about ½ mile away. The victim, another garbage collector (co-worker), and the driver of the garbage truck were following a routine collection route, picking up bags of leaves. A 44-year-old male county garbage collector (victim) died after falling from the back end of a moving garbage truck.